# Maxims II

cyning sceal rice healdan || ceastra beoþ feorran gesyne
orþanc enta geweorc || þa þe on þysse eorþan syndon
wrætlic weallstana geweorc || wind byþ on lyfte swiftust
þunar byþ þragum hludast || þrymmas syndan cristes myccle
wyrd byþ swiþost || winter byþ cealdost
lencten hrimigost || he byþ lengest ceald
sumor sunwlitegost || swegel byþ hatost
hærfest hreþeadegost || hæleþum bringeþ
geres wæstmas || þa þe him god sendeþ
soþ biþ switolost || sinc byþ deorost
gold gumena gehwam || and gomol snoterost
fyrngearum frod || se þe ær feala gebideþ
weax biþ wundrum clibbor || wolcnu scriþaþ
geongne æþeling sceolan || gode gesiþas
byldan to beaduwe || and to beahgife
ellen sceal on eorle || ecg sceal wiþ hellme
hilde gebidan || hafuc sceal on glofe
wilde gewunian || wulf sceal on bearowe
earm anhaga || eofor sceal on holte
toþmægenes trum || til sceal on eþle
domes wyrcean || daroþ sceal on handa
gar golde fah || gim sceal on hringe
standan steap and geap || stream sceal on yþum
mencgan mereflode || mæst sceal on ceole
segelgyrd seomian || sweord sceal on bearme
drihtlic isern || draca sceal on hlæwe
frod frætwum wlanc || fisc sceal on wætere
cynren cennan || cyning sceal on healle
beagas dælan || bera sceal on hæþe
eald and egesfull || ea of dune sceal
flodgræg feran || fyrd sceal ætsomne
tirfæstra getrum || treow sceal on eorle
wisdom on were || wudu sceal on foldan
blædum blowan || beorh sceal on eorþan
grene standan || god sceal on heofenum
dæda demend || duru sceal on healle
rum recedes muþ || rand sceal on scylde
fæst fingra gebeorh || fugel uppe sceal
lacan on lyfte || leax sceal on wæle
mid sceote scriþan || scur sceal on heofenum
winde geblanden || in þas woruld cuman
þeof sceal gangan þystrum wederum || þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian
ana innan lande || ides sceal dyrne cræfte
fæmne hire freond gesecean || gif heo nelle on folce geþeon
þæt hi man beagum gebicge || brim sceal sealte weallan
lyfthelm and laguflod || ymb ealra landa gehwylc
flowan firgenstreamas || feoh sceal on eorþan
tydran and tyman || tungol sceal on heofenum
beorhte scinan || swa him bebead meotud
god sceal wiþ yfele || geogoþ sceal wiþ yldo
lif sceal wiþ deaþe || leoht sceal wiþ þystrum
fyrd wiþ fyrde || feond wiþ oþrum
laþ wiþ laþe || ymb land sacan
synne stælan || a sceal snotor hycgean
ymb þysse worulde gewinn || wearh hangian
fægere ongildan || þæt he ær facen dyde
manna cynne || meotod ana wat
hwyder seo sawul sceal || syþþan hweorfan
and ealle þa gastas || þe for gode hweorfaþ
æfter deaþdæge || domes bidaþ
on fæder fæþme || is seo forþgesceaft
digol and dyrne || drihten ana wat
nergende fæder || næni eft cymeþ
hider under hrofas || þe þæt her for soþ
mannum secge || hwylc sy meotodes gesceaft
sigefolca gesetu || þær he sylfa wunaþ