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1A3.16

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THE PANTHER

    
3Monge sindon geond middangeard unrimu cynn, þe we æþelu ne
4magon ryhte areccan ne rim witan; þæs wide sind geond
5world innan fugla ond deora foldhrerendra
6wornas widsceope, swa wæter bibugeð þisne
7beorhtan bosm, brim grymetende, sealtyþa geswing.
8We bi sumum hyrdon wrætlice gecynd wildra secgan firum
9freamærne feorlondum on eard weardian, eðles
10neotan æfter dunscrafum.
11Is þæt deor pandher bi noman haten, þæt þe niþþa
12bearn , wisfæste weras on gewritum cyþað bi
13þam anstapan.
14Se is æghwam freond, duguða estig, butan dracan anum,
15þam he in ealle tid ondwrað leofaþ þurh yfla
16gehwylc þe he geæfnan mæg.
17ðæt is wrætlic deor, wundrum scyne hiwa gehwylces.
18swa hæleð secgað, gæsthalge guman, þætte Iosephes tunece
19wære telga gehwylces

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20bleom bregdende, þara
21beorhtra gehwylc æghwæs ænlicra oþrum lixte dryhta
22bearnum, swa þæs deores hiw, blæc brigda gehwæs,
23beorhtra ond scynra wundrum lixeð, þætte wrætlicra
24æghwylc oþrum, ænlicra gien ond fægerra frætwum bliceð,
25symle sellicra.
26He hafað sundorgecynd, milde, gemetfæst.
27He is monþwære, lufsum ond leoftæl, nele laþes wiht
28ængum geæfnan butan þam attorsceaþan, his fyrngeflitan,
29þe ic ær fore sægde.
30Symle fylle fægen, þonne foddor þigeð, æfter þam
31gereordum ræste seceð dygle stowe under dunscrafum;
32ðær se þeodwiga þreonihta fæc swifeð on swefote,
33slæpe gebiesgad .
34þonne ellenrof up astondeð, þrymme gewelgad , on þone
35þriddan dæg, sneome of slæpe.
36Sweghleoþor cymeð, woþa wynsumast þurh þæs wildres muð.
37æfter þære stefne stenc ut cymeð of þam wongstede,
38wynsumra steam, swettra ond swiþra swæcca gehwylcum,
39wyrta blostmum ond wudubledum, eallum æþelicra eorþan
40frætwum .
41þonne of ceastrum ond cynestolum ond of burgsalum beornþreat
42monig farað foldwegum folca þryþum, eoredcystum,
43ofestum gefysde, dareðlacende; deor efne swa some
44æfter þære stefne on þone stenc farað.
45Swa is dryhten god, dreama rædend, eallum eaðmede oþrum
46gesceaftum,

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47duguða gehwylcre, butan dracan anum, attres ordfruman.
48þæt is se ealda feond, þone he gesælde in susla grund, ond
49gefetrade fyrnum teagum, biþeahte þreanydum, ond
50þy þriddan dæge of digle aras, þæs þe he deað
51fore us þreo niht þolade, þeoden engla, sigora sellend.
52þæt wæs swete stenc, wlitig ond wynsum geond woruld ealle.
53Siþþan to þam swicce soðfæste men on healfa gehwone
54heagum þrungon geond ealne ymbhwyrft eorþan sceata .
55Swa se snottra gecwæð sanctus Paulus: Monigfealde sind geond
56middangeard god ungnyðe þe us to giefe dæleð ond to
57feorhnere fæder ælmihtig, ond se anga hyht ealra gesceafta,
58uppe ge niþre.
59þæt is æþele stenc.