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3Hwæt.
4We feor and neah gefrigen habað ofer middangeard Moyses
5domas, wræclico wordriht, wera cneorissum,
6in uprodor eadigra gehwam æfter bealusiðe bote lifes,
7lifigendra gehwam langsumne ræd, hæleðum secgan.
8Gehyre se ðe wille.
9þone on westenne weroda drihten, soðfæst cyning, mid
10his sylfes miht gewyrðode, and him wundra fela,
11ece alwalda, in æht forgeaf.
12He wæs leof gode, leoda aldor, horsc and hreðergleaw, herges
13wisa, freom folctoga.
14Faraones cyn, godes andsacan , gyrdwite band, þær him
15gesealde sigora waldend, modgum magoræswan ,
16his maga feorh, onwist eðles, Abrahames sunum.
17Heah wæs þæt handlean and him hold frea, gesealde wæpna
18geweald wið wraðra gryre, ofercom mid þy campe
19cneomaga fela, feonda folcriht.
20ða wæs forma sið þæt hine weroda god wordum nægde, þær
21he him gesægde soðwundra fela, hu þas woruld
22worhte witig drihten, eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor, gesette
23sigerice, and his sylfes naman, ðone yldo
24bearn ær ne cuðon, frod fædera cyn, þeah hie fela
25wiston.
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27and gewurðodne
28werodes aldor, Faraones feond, on forðwegas.
29þa wæs ingere ealdum witum deaðe gedrenced drihtfolca
30mæst; hordwearda hryre heaf wæs geniwad, swæfon
31seledreamas, since berofene.
32Hæfde mansceaðan æt middere niht frecne gefylled,
33frumbearna fela, abrocene burhweardas.
34Bana wide scrað, lað leodhata, land drysmyde deadra
35hræwum, dugoð forð gewat, wop wæs wide, worulddreama lyt.
36Wæron hleahtorsmiðum handa belocene, alyfed laðsið leode
37gretan; folc ferende, feond wæs bereafod,
38hergas on helle.
39Heofung þider becom, druron deofolgyld.
40Dæg wæs mære ofer middangeard þa seo mengeo for.
41Swa þæs fæsten dreah fela missera, ealdwerige, Egypta folc,
42þæs þe hie wideferð wyrnan þohton Moyses
43magum, gif hie metod lete, on langne lust leofes siðes.
44Fyrd wæs gefysed, from se ðe lædde, modig magoræswa ,
45mægburh heora.
46Oferfor he mid þy folce fæstena worn, land and leodweard
47laðra manna, enge anpaðas, uncuð gelad, oðþæt
48hie on Guðmyrce gearwe bæron, wæron land heora
49lyfthelme beþeaht, mearchofu morheald.
50Moyses ofer þa, fela meoringa, fyrde gelædde.
51Heht þa ymb twa niht tirfæste hæleð, siððan hie
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53ymbwicigean werodes bearhtme
54mid ælfere æthanes byrig, mægnes mæste mearclandum on.
55Nearwe genyddon on norðwegas, wiston him be suðan Sigelwara
56land, forbærned burhhleoðu, brune leode, hatum heofoncolum.
57þær halig god wið færbryne folc gescylde, bælce
58oferbrædde byrnendne heofon, halgan nette hatwendne
59lyft.
60Hæfde wederwolcen widum fæðmum eorðan and uprodor efne
61gedæled, lædde leodwerod, ligfyr adranc, hate heofontorht.
62Hæleð wafedon, drihta gedrymost.
63Dægsceades hleo wand ofer wolcnum; hæfde witig god
64sunnan siðfæt segle ofertolden, swa þa mæstrapas
65men ne cuðon, ne ða seglrode geseon meahton, eorðbuende
66ealle cræfte, hu afæstnod wæs feldhusa mæst,
67siððan he mid wuldre geweorðode þeodenholde.
68þa wæs þridda wic folce to frofre.
69Fyrd eall geseah hu þær hlifedon halige seglas, lyftwundor
70leoht; leode ongeton, dugoð Israhela, þæt
71þær drihten cwom weroda drihten, wicsteal metan.
72Him beforan foran fyr and wolcen in beorhtrodor, beamas
73twegen, þara æghwæðer efngedælde heahþegnunga
74haliges gastes, deormodra sið dagum and nihtum.
75þa ic on morgen gefrægn modes rofan hebban herebyman hludan
76stefnum, wuldres woman.
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78modigra mægen, swa him Moyses bebead, mære
79magoræswa, metodes folce, fus fyrdgetrum.
80Forð gesawon lifes latþeow lifweg metan; swegl siðe weold,
81sæmen æfter foron flodwege.
82Folc wæs on salum, hlud herges cyrm.
83Heofonbeacen astah æfena gehwam, oðer wundor, syllic æfter
84sunne setlrade beheold, ofer leodwerum lige
85scinan, byrnende beam.
86Blace stodon ofer sceotendum scire leoman; scinon
87scyldhreoðan, sceado swiðredon, neowle nihtscuwan
88neah ne mihton heolstor ahydan; heofoncandel barn.
89Niwe nihtweard nyde sceolde wician ofer weredum, þy læs him
90westengryre, har hæðbroga , holmegum wederum
91on ferclamme ferhð getwæfde .
92Hæfde foregenga fyrene loccas, blace beamas; bellegsan hweop
93in þam hereþreate, hatan lige, þæt he
94on westenne werod forbærnde, nymðe hie modhwate Moyses
95hyrde.
96Scean scir werod, scyldas lixton, gesawon randwigan rihte
97stræte, segn ofer sweoton, oðþæt sæfæsten
98landes æt ende leodmægne forstod, fus on forðweg.
99Fyrdwic aras; wyrpton hie werige, wiste genægdon modige
100meteþegnas, hyra mægen beton.
101Bræddon æfter beorgum, siððan byme sang, flotan feldhusum.
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103ðær on fyrd hyra færspell becwom, oht inlende.
104Egsan stodan, wælgryre weroda; wræcmon gebad laðne
105lastweard, se ðe him lange ær eðelleasum onnied
106gescraf, wean witum fæst.
107Wære ne gymdon, ðeah þe se yldra cyning ær ge.
108þa wearð yrfeweard ingefolca, manna æfter maðmum, þæt he
109swa miceles geðah.
110Ealles þæs forgeton siððan grame wurdon Egypta cyn
111ymbe antwig; ða heo his mægwinum morðor fremedon,
112wroht berenedon, wære fræton.
113Wæron heaðowylmas heortan getenge, mihtmod wera; manum
114treowum woldon hie þæt feorhlean facne gyldan,
115þætte hie þæt dægweorc dreore gebohte, Moyses
116leode, þær him mihtig god on ðam spildsiðe spede forgefe.
117þa him eorla mod ortrywe wearð siððan hie gesawon of
118suðwegum fyrd Faraonis forð ongangan, oferholt
119wegan, eored lixan, garas trymedon, guð hwearfode, blicon
120bordhreoðan, byman sungon, þufas þunian,
121þeod mearc tredan, on hwæl.
122Hreopon herefugolas, hilde grædige, deawigfeðere ofer
123drihtneum, wonn wælceasega.
124Wulfas sungon atol æfenleoð ætes on wenan, carleasan deor,
125cwyldrof beodan on laðra last leodmægnes
126fyl .
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128fleah fæge gast, folc
129wæs gehæged.
130Hwilum of þam werode wlance þegnas mæton milpaðas meara
131bogum.
132Him þær segncyning wið þone segn foran, manna þengel,
133mearcþreate rad; guðweard gumena grimhelm gespeon,
134cyning cinberge, cumbol lixton, wiges on wenum,
135wælhlencan sceoc , het his hereciste healdan
136georne fæst fyrdgetrum .
137Freond onsegon laðum eagan landmanna cyme.
138Ymb hine wægon wigend unforhte, hare heorowulfas hilde
139gretton, þurstige þræcwiges, þeodenholde.
140Hæfde him alesen leoda dugeðe tireadigra twa þusendo, þæt
141wæron cyningas and cneowmagas, on þæt eade
142riht, æðelum deore.
143Forðon anra gehwilc ut alædde wæpnedcynnes, wigan
144æghwilcne þara þe he on ðam fyrste findan mihte.
145Wæron ingemen ealle ætgædere, cyningas on corðre.
146Cuð oft gebad horn on heape to hwæs hægstealdmen,
147guðþreat gumena, gearwe bæron.
148Swa þær eorp werod, ecan læddon, lað æfter laðum,
149leodmægnes worn, þusendmælum; þider wæron fuse.
150Hæfdon hie gemynted to þam mægenheapum to þam ærdæge
151Israhela cynn billum abreotan on hyra broðorgyld.
152Forþon wæs in wicum wop up ahafen, atol æfenleoð, egesan
153stodon, weredon wælnet, þa se woma cwom.
154Flugon frecne spel, feond wæs anmod, werud wæs wigblac,
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156mihtig engel, se ða menigeo
157beheold þæt þær gelaðe mid him leng ne mihton
158geseon tosomne; sið wæs gedæled.
159Hæfde nydfara nihtlangne fyrst, þeah ðe him on healfa
160gehwam hettend seomedon, mægen oððe merestream;
161nahton maran hwyrft.
162Wæron orwenan eðelrihtes, sæton æfter beorgum in blacum
163reafum, wean on wenum; wæccende bad eall seo
164sibgedriht somod ætgædere maran mægenes, oð Moyses
165bebead eorlas on uhttid ærnum bemum folc somnigean,
166frecan arisan, habban heora hlencan, hycgan on ellen,
167beran beorht searo, beacnum cigean sweot sande near.
168Snelle gemundon weardas wigleoð, werod wæs gefysed, brudon
169ofer burgum, byman gehyrdon, flotan feldhusum,
170fyrd wæs on ofste.
171Siððan hie getealdon wið þam teonhete on þam forðherge
172feðan twelfe moderofra; mægen wæs onhrered.
173Wæs on anra gehwam æðelan cynnes alesen under lindum leoda
174duguðe on folcgetæl fiftig cista; hæfde
175cista gehwilc cuðes werodes garberendra, guðfremmendra,
176X hund geteled, tireadigra.
177þæt wæs wiglic werod; wace ne gretton in þæt
178rincgetæl ræswan herges, þa þe for geoguðe gyt ne mihton
179under bordhreoðan breostnet wera wið flane feond folmum
180werigean, ne him bealubenne gebiden hæfdon
181ofer linde lærig, licwunde swor, gylpplegan gares.
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183gif him
184modheapum mægen swiðrade, ac hie be wæstmum
185on wig curon, hu in leodscipe læstan wolde mod mid
186aran, eac þan mægnes cræft, garbeames feng.
187þa wæs handrofra here ætgædere, fus forðwegas.
188Fana up gerad , beama beorhtost; bidon ealle þa gen
189hwonne siðboda sæstreamum neah leoht ofer lindum
190lyftedoras bræc.
191Ahleop þa for hæleðum hildecalla, bald beohata, bord up
192ahof, heht þa folctogan fyrde gestillan, þenden
193modiges meðel monige gehyrdon.
194Wolde reordigean rices hyrde ofer hereciste halgan stefne,
195werodes wisa wurðmyndum spræc: Ne beoð ge
196þy forhtran, þeah þe Faraon brohte sweordwigendra side
197hergas, eorla unrim.
198Him eallum wile mihtig drihten þurh mine hand to dæge
199þissum dædlean gyfan, þæt hie lifigende leng
200ne moton ægnian mid yrmðum Israhela cyn.
201Ne willað eow andrædan deade feðan, fæge ferhðlocan,
202fyrst is æt ende lænes lifes.
203Eow is lar godes abroden of breostum.
204Ic on beteran ræd, þæt ge gewurðien wuldres aldor, and eow
205liffrean lissa bidde, sigora gesynto, þær ge siðien.
206þis is se ecea Abrahames god, frumsceafta frea, se ðas fyrd
207wereð, modig and mægenrof, mid þære miclan hand".
208Hof ða for hergum hlude stefne lifigendra leod , þa he to
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210"Hwæt, ge nu eagum to on lociað,
211folca leofost, færwundra sum, hu ic sylfa sloh and
212þeos swiðre hand grene tacne garsecges deop.
213yð up færeð, ofstum wyrceð wæter wealfæsten .
214Wegas syndon dryge, haswe herestræta, holm gerymed, ealde
215staðolas, þa ic ær ne gefrægn ofer middangeard
216men geferan, fage feldas, þa forð heonon in ece
217tid yðe þeahton, sælde sægrundas.
218Suðwind fornam bæðweges blæst, brim is areafod, sand
219sæcir spaw .
220Ic wat soð gere þæt eow mihtig god miltse gecyðde, eorlas
221ærglade.
222Ofest is selost þæt ge of feonda fæðme weorðen, nu se
223agend up arærde reade streamas in randgebeorh.
224Syndon þa foreweallas fægre gestepte, wrætlicu wægfaru,
225oð wolcna hrof".
226æfter þam wordum werod eall aras, modigra mægen.
227Mere stille bad.
228Hofon herecyste hwite linde, segnas on sande.
229Sæweall astah.
230uplang gestod wið Israhelum andægne fyrst. Wæs seo eorla
231gedriht anes modes, fæstum fæðmum freoðowære heold.
232Nalles hige gehyrdon haliges lare, siððan leofes leoþ
233læste near sweg swiðrode and sances bland.
234þa þæt feorðe cyn fyrmest eode, wod on wægstream, wigan
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236on orette on uncuð gelad for his mægwinum.
237Swa him mihtig god þæs dægweorces deop lean forgeald,
238siððan him gesælde sigorworca hreð, þæt he ealdordom
239agan sceolde ofer cynericu, cneowmaga blæd.
240Hæfdon him to segne, þa hie on sund stigon, ofer
241bordhreoðan beacen aræred in þam garheape, gyldenne
242leon , drihtfolca mæst, deora cenost.
243Be þam herewisan hynðo ne woldon be him lifigendum lange
244þolian, þonne hie to guðe garwudu rærdon ðeoda ænigre.
245þracu wæs on ore, heard handplega, hægsteald modige
246wæpna wælslihtes, wigend unforhte, bilswaðu blodige,
247beadumægnes ræs, grimhelma gegrind, þær Iudas for.
248æfter þære fyrde flota modgade, Rubenes sunu.
249Randas bæron sæwicingas ofer sealtne mersc, manna menio;
250micel angetrum eode unforht.
251He his ealdordom synnum aswefede, þæt he siðor for on
252leofes last.
253Him on leodsceare frumbearnes riht freobroðor oðþah, ead
254and æðelo; he wæs gearu swa þeah.
255þær forð æfter him folca þryðum sunu Simeones
256sweotum comon; þridde þeodmægen þufas wundon ofer garfare
257guðcyste onþrang deawig sceaftum.
258Dægwoma becwom ofer garsecge , godes beacna sum, morgen
259mæretorht; mægen forð gewat.
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261isernhergum.
262An wisode mægenþrymmum mæst, þy he mære wearð, on
263forðwegas folc æfter wolcnum, cynn æfter cynne.
264Cuðe æghwilc mægburga riht, swa him Moises bead, eorla
265æðelo.
266Him wæs an fæder, leof leodfruma, landriht geþah, frod on
267ferhðe, freomagum leof.
268Cende cneowsibbe cenra manna heahfædera sum, halige þeode,
269Israela cyn, onriht godes, swa þæt orþancum
270ealde reccað þa þe mægburge mæst gefrunon, frumcyn
271feora, fæderæðelo gehwæs.
272Niwe flodas Noe oferlað, þrymfæst þeoden, mid his þrim
273sunum, þone deopestan drencefloda þara ðe gewurde
274on woruldrice.
275Hæfde him on hreðre halige treowa; forþon he gelædde ofer
276lagustreamas maðmhorda mæst, mine gefræge.
277On feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde eallum eorðcynne ece lafe,
278frumcneow gehwæs , fæder and moder tuddorteondra,
279geteled rime mismicelra þonne men cunnon, snottor
280sæleoda.
281Eac þon sæda gehwilc on bearm scipes beornas feredon, þara
282þe under heofonum hæleð bryttigað.
283Swa þæt wise men wordum secgað þæt from Noe nigoða wære
284fæder Abrahames on folctale.
285þæt is se Abraham se him engla god naman niwan asceop; eac
286þon neah and feor halige heapas in gehyld
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288Siððan he gelædde leofost feora haliges hæsum; heahlond
289stigon sibgemagas, on Seone beorh.
290Wære hie þær fundon, wuldor gesawon, halige heahtreowe, swa
291hæleð gefrunon.
292þær eft se snottra sunu Dauides, wuldorfæst cyning, witgan
293larum getimbrede tempel gode, alh haligne,
294eorðcyninga se wisesta on woruldrice, heahst and
295haligost, hæleðum gefrægost, mæst and mærost,
296þara þe manna bearn, fira æfter foldan, folmum geworhte.
297To þam meðelstede magan gelædde Abraham Isaac.
298Adfyr onbran; fyrst ferhðbana no þy fægenra wæs.
299Wolde þone lastweard lige gesyllan, in bælblyse beorna
300selost, his swæsne sunu to sigetibre, angan
301ofer eorðan yrfelafe, feores frofre, ða he swa forð gebad,
302leodum to lafe, langsumne hiht.
303He þæt gecyðde, þa he þone cniht genam fæste mid folmum,
304folccuð geteag ealde lafe, ecg grymetode,
305þæt he him lifdagas leofran ne wisse þonne he hyrde
306heofoncyninge.
307Up aræmde Abraham þa ; se eorl wolde slean eaferan
308sinne unweaxenne, ecgum reodan magan mid mece,
309gif hine metod lete.
310Ne wolde him beorht fæder bearn ætniman, halig tiber, ac mid
311handa befeng.
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313wuldres hleoðor, word
314æfter spræc: "Ne sleh þu, Abraham, þin
315agen bearn, sunu mid sweorde.
316Soð is gecyðed, nu þin cunnode cyning alwihta, þæt þu
317wið waldend wære heolde, fæste treowe, seo þe
318freoðo sceal in lifdagum lengest weorðan, awa to aldre
319unswiciendo.
320Hu þearf mannes sunu maran treowe?
321Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word, widdra
322and siddra þonne befæðman mæge foldan sceattas,
323eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor, garsecges gin and þeos
324geomre lyft.
325He að swereð, engla þeoden, wyrda waldend and wereda
326god, soðfæst sigora, þurh his sylfes lif, þæt
327þines cynnes and cneowmaga, randwiggendra, rim ne cunnon,
328yldo ofer eorðan, ealle cræfte to gesecgenne
329soðum wordum, nymðe hwylc þæs snottor in sefan
330weorðe þæt he ana mæge ealle geriman stanas on
331eorðan, steorran on heofonum, sæbeorga sand , sealte
332yða.
333ac hie gesittað be sæm tweonum oð Egipte incaðeode land
334Cananea, leode þine, freobearn fæder, folca
335selost".
336Folc wæs afæred, flodegsa becwom gastas geomre, geofon
337deaðe hweop.
338Wæron beorhhliðu blode bestemed, holm heolfre spaw, hream
339wæs on yðum, wæter wæpna ful, wælmist astah.
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341woldon herebleaðe hamas findan, gylp wearð gnornra.
342Him ongen genap atol yða gewealc, ne ðær ænig becwom
343herges to hame, ac behindan beleac wyrd mid wæge.
344þær ær wegas lagon, mere modgode, mægen wæs adrenced.
345Streamas stodon, storm up gewat heah to heofonum, herewopa
346mæst.
347Laðe cyrmdon, lyft up geswearc, fægum stæfnum, flod blod
348gewod.
349Randbyrig wæron rofene, rodor swipode meredeaða mæst,
350modige swulton, cyningas on corðre, cyre swiðrode
351sæs æt ende.
352Wigbord scinon heah ofer hæleðum, holmweall astah,
353merestream modig.
354Mægen wæs on cwealme fæste gefeterod, forðganges weg
355searwum æsæled, sand basnodon , witodre fyrde,
356hwonne waðema stream, sincalda sæ, sealtum yðum æflastum
357gewuna ece staðulas, nacud nydboda, neosan
358come, fah feðegast, se ðe feondum geneop.
359Wæs seo hæwene lyft heolfre geblanden, brim berstende
360blodegesan hweop, sæmanna sið, oðþæt soð metod
361þurh Moyses hand modge rymde, wide wæðde, wælfæðmum
362sweop.
363Flod famgode, fæge crungon, lagu land gefeol, lyft wæs
364onhrered, wicon weallfæsten, wægas burston,
365multon meretorras, þa se mihtiga sloh mid halige hand,
366heofonrices weard, on werbeamas.
367Wlance ðeode ne mihton forhabban helpendra pað, merestreames
368mod, ac he manegum gesceod gyllende gryre.
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370up ateah, on sleap.
371Egesan stodon, weollon wælbenna.
372Witrod gefeol heah of heofonum handweorc godes, famigbosma
373flodwearde sloh, unhleowan wæg, alde mece,
374þæt ðy deaðdrepe drihte swæfon, synfullra sweot.
375Sawlum lunnon fæste befarene, flodblac here, siððan hie on
376bugon brun yppinge, modewæga mæst.
377Mægen eall gedreas ða gedrencte wæron dugoð
378Egypta, Faraon mid his folcum.
379He onfond hraðe, siððan grund gestah godes andsaca,
380þæt wæs mihtigra mereflodes weard; wolde heorufæðmum
381hilde gesceadan, yrre and egesfull.
382Egyptum wearð þæs dægweorces deop lean gesceod, forðam
383þæs heriges ham eft ne com ealles ungrundes
384ænig to lafe, þætte sið heora secgan moste, bodigean
385æfter burgum bealospella mæst, hordwearda hryre,
386hæleða cwenum, ac þa mægenþreatas meredeað geswealh,
387spelbodan eac .
388Se ðe sped ahte, ageat gylp wera.
389Hie wið god wunnon.
390þanon Israhelum ece rædas on merehwearfe Moyses sægde,
391heahþungen wer, halige spræce, deop ærende.
392Dægword nemnað swa gyt werðeode, on gewritum findað
393doma gehwilcne, þara ðe him drihten bebead on
394þam siðfate soðum wordum, gif onlucan wile lifes wealhstod,
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396ginfæsten god gastes cægon.
397Run bið gerecenod, ræd forð gæð, hafað wislicu word on
398fæðme, wile meagollice modum tæcan þæt we gesne
399ne syn godes þeodscipes, metodes miltsa.
400He us ma onlyhð, nu us boceras beteran secgað lengran
401lifwynna .
402þis is læne dream, wommum awyrged, wreccum alyfed, earmra
403anbid.
404Eðellease þysne gystsele gihðum healdað , murnað on
405mode, manhus witon fæst under foldan, þær bið fyr
406and wyrm, open ece scræf.
407Yfela gehwylces swa nu regnþeofas rice dælað, yldo
408oððe ærdeað.
409Eftwyrd cymð, mægenþrymma mæst ofer middangeard, dæg
410dædum fah.
411Drihten sylfa on þam meðelstede manegum demeð, þonne he
412soðfæstra sawla lædeð, eadige gastas, on uprodor,
413þær is leoht and lif, eac þon lissa blæd;
414dugoð on dreame drihten herigað, weroda wuldorcyning,
415to widan feore.
416Swa reordode ræda gemyndig manna mildost, mihtum swiðed,
417hludan stefne.
418Here stille bad witodes willan, wundor ongeton, modiges
419muðhæl.
420he to mænegum spræc: "Micel is þeos menigeo, mægenwisa
421trum, fullesta mæst, se ðas fare lædeð; hafað
422us on Cananea cyn gelyfed burh and beagas, brade rice.
423wile nu gelæstan þæt he lange gehet mid aðsware, engla
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425gif ge gehealdað halige lare, þæt ge feonda gehwone forð
426ofergangað, gesittað sigerice be sæm tweonum, beorselas
427beorna.
428Bið eower blæd micel".
429æfter þam wordum werod wæs on salum, sungon sigebyman,
430segnas stodon, on fægerne sweg; folc wæs on
431lande, hæfde wuldres beam werud gelæded, halige heapas, on
432hild godes.
433Life gefegon þa hie oðlæded hæfdon feorh of feonda
434dome, þeah ðe hie hit frecne geneðdon, weras under
435wætera hrofas.
436Gesawon hie þær weallas standan, ealle him brimu blodige
437þuhton, þurh þa heora beadosearo wægon.
438Hreðdon hildespelle, siððan hie þam herge wiðforon;
439hofon hereþreatas hlude stefne, for þam dædweorce
440drihten heredon, weras wuldres sang; wif on oðrum,
441folcsweota mæst, fyrdleoð golan aclum stefnum,
442eallwundra fela.
443þa wæs eðfynde Afrisc meowle on geofones staðe golde
444geweorðod.
445Handa hofon halswurðunge, bliðe wæron, bote gesawon, heddon
446herereafes, hæft wæs onsæled.
447Ongunnon sælafe segnum dælan on yðlafe, ealde madmas, reaf
448and randas.
449Heo on riht sceodon gold and godweb, Iosepes gestreon,
450wera wuldorgesteald.
451Werigend lagon on deaðstede, drihtfolca mæst .