The Menologium
crist wæs acennyd
cyninga wuldor
on midne winter
mære þeoden
ece ælmihtig
on þy eahteoþan dæg
hælend gehaten
heofonrices weard
swa þa sylfan tiid
side herigeas
folc unmæte
habbaþ foreweard gear
for þy se calend us
cymeþ geþincged
on þam ylcan dæge
us to tune
forma monaþ
hine folc mycel
ianuarius
gerum heton
and þæs embe fif niht
þætte fulwihttiid
eces drihtnes
to us cymeþ
þæne twelfta dæg
tireadige
hæleþ heaþurofe
hataþ on brytene
in foldan her
swylce emb feower wucan
þætte solmonaþ
sigeþ to tune
butan twam nihtum
swa hit getealdon geo
februarius fær
frode gesiþas
ealde ægleawe
and þæs embe ane niht
þæt we marian
mæssan healdaþ
cyninges modor
forþan heo crist on þam dæge
bearn wealdendes
brohte to temple
þænne þæs emb fif niht
þæt afered byþ
winter of wicum
and se wigend þa
æfter seofentynum
swylt þrowade
nihtgerimes
nergendes þegen
mathias mære
mine gefræge
þæs þe lencten on tun
geliden hæfde
werum to wicum
swylce eac is wide cuþ
ymb þreo and twa
þeodum gewelhwær
his cyme calend
ceorlum and eorlum
butan þænne bises
geboden weorþe
feorþan geare
þænne he furþor cymeþ
ufor anre niht
us to tune
hrime gehyrsted
hagolscurum færþ
geond middangeard
martius reþe
hlyda healic
þænne se halga þæs
emb endleofon niht
æþele scynde
gregorius
in godes wære
breme in brytene
swylce benedictus
embe nigon niht þæs
nergend sohte
heard and higestrang
þæne heriaþ wel
in gewritum wise
wealdendes þeow
rincas regolfæste
swylce eac rimcræftige
on þa ylcan tiid
emniht healdaþ
forþan wealdend god
worhte æt frymþe
on þy sylfan dæge
sunnan and monan
hwæt ymb feower niht
fæder onsende
þæs þe emnihte
eorlas healdaþ
heahengel his
se hælo abead
marian mycle
þæt heo meotod sceolde
cennan cyninga betst
swa hit gecyþed wearþ
geond middangeard
wæs þæt mære wyrd
folcum gefræge
swylce emb feower and þreo
nihtgerimes
þætte nergend sent
aprelis monaþ
on þam oftust cymþ
seo mære tiid
mannum to frofre
drihtnes ærist
þænne dream gerist
wel wide gehwær
swa se witega sang
þis is se dæg
þæne drihten us
wisfæst worhte
wera cneorissum
eallum eorþwarum
eadigum to blisse
ne magon we þa tide
be getale healdan
dagena rimes
ne drihtnes stige
on heofenas up
forþan þe hwearfaþ aa
wisra gewyrdum
ac sceal wintrum frod
on circule
cræfte findan
halige dagas
sculan we hwæþere gyt
martira gemynd
ma areccan
wrecan wordum forþ
wisse gesingan
þæt embe nihgontyne
niht and fifum
þæs þe eastermonaþ
to us cymeþ
þæt man reliquias
ræran onginneþ
halige gehyrste
þæt is healic dæg
bentiid bremu
swylce in burh raþe
embe siex niht þæs
smicere on gearwum
wudum and wyrtum
cymeþ wlitig scriþan
þrymilce on tun
þearfe bringeþ
maius micle
geond menigeo gehwær
swa þi ylcan dæge
æþele geferan
philippus and iacob
feorh agefan
modige magoþegnas
for meotudes lufan
and þæs embe twa niht
þætte tæhte god
elenan eadigre
æþelust beama
on þam þrowode
þeoden engla
for manna lufan
meotud on galgan
be fæder leafe
swylce ymb fyrst wucan
butan anre niht
þætte yldum bringþ
sigelbeorhte dagas
sumor to tune
wearme gewyderu
þænne wangas hraþe
blostmum blowaþ
swylce blis astihþ
geond middangeard
manigra hada
cwicera cynna
cyninge lof secgaþ
mænifealdlice
mærne bremaþ
ælmihtigne
þæs emb eahta and nigon
dogera rimes
þætte drihten nam
in oþer leoht
agustinus
bliþne on breostum
þæs þe he on brytene her
eaþmode him
eorlas funde
to godes willan
swa him se gleawa bebead
gregorius
ne hyrde ic guman a fyrn
ænigne ær
æfre bringan
ofer sealtne mere
selran lare
bisceop bremran
nu on brytene rest
on cantwarum
cynestole neah
mynstre mærum
þænne monaþ bringþ
ymb twa and feower
tiida lange
ærra liþa
us to tune
iunius on geard
on þam gim astihþ
on heofenas up
hyhst on geare
tungla torhtust
and of tille agrynt
to sete sigeþ
wyle syþþan leng
grund behealdan
and gangan lator
ofer foldan wang
fægerust leohta
woruldgesceafta
þænne wuldres þegn
ymb þreotyne
þeodnes dyrling
iohannes in geardagan
wearþ acenned
tyn nihtum eac
we þa tiid healdaþ
on midne sumor
mycles on æþelum
wide is geweorþod
swa þæt wel gerist
haligra tid
geond hæleþa bearn
petrus and paulus
hwæt þa apostolas
þeodenholde
þrowedon on rome
ofer midne sumor
miccle gewisse
furþor fif nihtum
folcbealo þrealic
mærne martyrdom
hæfdon mænige ær
wundra geworhte
geond wærþeoda
swylce hi æfter þam
unrim fremedon
swutelra and gesynra
þurh sunu meotudes
ealdorþegnas
þænne ædre cymþ
emb twa niht þæs
tidlice us
iulius monaþ
on þam iacobus
ymb feower niht
feorh gesealde
ond twentigum
trum in breostum
frod and fæstræd
folca lareow
zebedes afera
and þæs symle scriþ
ymb seofon niht þæs
sumere gebrihted
weodmonaþ on tun
welhwær bringeþ
agustus
yrmenþeodum
hlafmæssan dæg
swa þæs hærfest cymþ
ymbe oþer swylc
butan anre wanan
wlitig wæstmum hladen
wela byþ geywed
fægere on foldan
þænne forþ gewat
ymb þreo niht þæs
þeodne getrywe
þurh martyrdom
mære diacon
laurentius
hæfþ nu lif wiþþan
mid wuldorfæder
weorca to leane
swylce þæs ymb fif niht
fægerust mægþa
wifa wuldor
sohte weroda god
for suna sibbe
sigefæstne ham
on neorxnawange
hæfde nergend þa
fægere fostorlean
fæmnan forgolden
ece to ealdre
þænne ealling byþ
ymb tyn niht þæs
tiid geweorþad
bartholomeus
in brytene her
wyrd welþungen
swylce eac wide byþ
eorlum geypped
æþelinges deaþ
ymb feower niht
se þe fægere iu
mid wætere oferwearp
wuldres cynebearn
wiga weorþlice
be him wealdend cwæþ
þæt nan mærra man
geond middangeard
betux wife and were
wurde acenned
ond þæs ymbe þreo niht
geond þeoda feala
þætte haligmonþ
heleþum geþinged
fereþ to folce
swa hit foregleawe
ealde uþwitan
æror fundan
septembres fær
and þy seofoþan dæg
þæt acenned wearþ
cwena selost
drihtnes modor
þænne dagena worn
ymbe þreotyne
þegn unforcuþ
godspelles gleaw
gast onsende
matheus his
to metodsceafte
in ecne gefean
þænne ealling cymþ
ymb þreo niht þæs
þeodum wide
emnihtes dæg
ylda bearnum
hwæt we weorþiaþ
wide geond eorþan
heahengles tiid
on hærfeste
michaheles
swa þæt menigo wat
fif nihtum ufor
þæs þe folcum byþ
eorlum geywed
emnihtes dæg
and þæs embe twa niht
þæt se teoþa monþ
on folc fereþ
frode geþeahte
october on tun
us to genihte
winterfylleþ
swa hine wide cigaþ
igbuende
engle and seaxe
weras mid wifum
swylce wigena tiid
ymb twentig þæs
twegra healdaþ
and seofon nihtum
samod ætgædere
on anne dæg
we þa æþelingas
fyrn gefrunan
þæt hy foremære
simon and iudas
symble wæron
drihtne dyre
forþon hi dom hlutan
eadigne upweg
and þæs ofstum bringþ
embe feower niht
folce genihtsum
blotmonaþ on tun
beornum to wiste
nouembris
niþa bearnum
eadignesse
swa nan oþer na deþ
monaþ maran
miltse drihtnes
and þy ylcan dæge
ealra we healdaþ
sancta symbel
þara þe siþ oþþe ær
worhtan in worulde
willan drihtnes
syþþan wintres dæg
wide gangeþ
on syx nihtum
sigelbeortne genimþ
hærfest mid herige
hrimes and snawes
forste gefeterad
be frean hæse
þæt us wunian ne moton
wangas grene
foldan frætuwe
þæs ymb feower niht
þætte martinus
mære geleorde
wer womma leas
wealdend sohte
upengla weard
þænne embe eahta niht
and feowerum
þætte fan gode
besenctun on sægrund
sigefæstne wer
on brime haran
þe iu beorna fela
clementes oft
clypiaþ to þearfe
and þæs embe seofon niht
sigedrihtne leof
æþele andreas
up on roderum
his gast ageaf
on godes wære
fus on forþweg
þænne folcum bringþ
morgen to mannum
monaþ to tune
decembris
drihta bearnum
ærra iula
swylce emb eahta and twelf
nihtgerimes
þætte nergend sylf
þristhydigum
thomase forgeaf
wiþ earfeþum
ece rice
bealdum beornwigan
bletsunga his
þænne emb feower niht
þætte fæder engla
his sunu sende
on þas sidan gesceaft
folcum to frofre
nu ge findan magon
haligra tiida
þe man healdan sceal
swa bebugeþ gebod
geond brytenricu
sexna cyninges
on þas sylfan tiid