Krapp, 1931 90-107; Krapp, G.P., The Junius Manuscript, ASPR 1 (New York).
Hwæt! We feor and neah
gefrigen habað
ofer middangeard
Moyses domas,
wræclico wordriht,
wera cneorissum,–
in uprodor
eadigra gehwam
5
æfter bealusiðe
bote lifes,
lifigendra gehwam
langsumne ræd,–
hæleðum secgan.
Gehyre se ðe wille!
þone on westenne
weroda[?] drihten,
soðfæst cyning,
mid his sylfes miht
10
gewyrðode,
and him wundra fela,
ece alwalda,
in æht forgeaf.
He wæs leof gode,
leoda aldor,
horsc and hreðergleaw,
herges wisa,
freom folctoga.
Faraones cyn,
15
godes
andsacan[?],
gyrdwite band,
þær him gesealde
sigora waldend,
modgum
magoræswan[?],
his maga feorh,
onwist eðles,
Abrahames sunum.
Heah wæs þæt handlean
and him hold frea,
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gesealde wæpna geweald
wið wraðra gryre,
ofercom mid þy campe
cneomaga fela,
feonda[?] folcriht.
ða wæs forma sið
þæt hine weroda god
wordum nægde,
þær he him gesægde
soðwundra fela,
25
hu þas woruld worhte
witig drihten,
eorðan ymbhwyrft
and uprodor,
gesette sigerice,
and his sylfes naman,
ðone yldo bearn
ær ne cuðon,
frod fædera cyn,
þeah hie fela wiston.
30
Hæfde he þa geswiðed
soðum cræftum
and gewurðodne
werodes aldor,
Faraones feond,
on forðwegas.
þa wæs ingere
ealdum witum
deaðe gedrenced
drihtfolca mæst;
35
hordwearda hryre
heaf wæs geniwad,
swæfon seledreamas,
since berofene.
Hæfde mansceaðan
æt middere niht
frecne gefylled,
frumbearna fela,
abrocene burhweardas.
Bana wide scrað,
40
lað leodhata,
land
drysmyde[?]
deadra hræwum,
dugoð forð gewat,
wop wæs wide,
worulddreama lyt.
Wæron hleahtorsmiðum
handa belocene,
alyfed laðsið
leode gretan;
45
folc ferende,
feond[?] wæs bereafod,
hergas on helle.
Heofung[?] þider becom,
druron deofolgyld.
Dæg wæs mære
ofer middangeard
þa seo mengeo for.
Swa þæs fæsten dreah
fela missera,
50
ealdwerige,
Egypta folc,
þæs þe hie wideferð
wyrnan þohton
Moyses magum,
gif hie metod lete,
on langne lust
leofes siðes.
Fyrd wæs gefysed,
from se ðe lædde,
55
modig
magoræswa[?],
mægburh heora.
Oferfor he mid þy folce
fæstena worn,
land and leodweard
laðra manna,
enge anpaðas,
uncuð gelad,
oðþæt hie on Guðmyrce
gearwe bæron,
60
(wæron land heora
lyfthelme beþeaht),
mearchofu morheald.
Moyses ofer þa,
fela meoringa,
fyrde gelædde.
Heht þa ymb twa niht
tirfæste[?] hæleð,
siððan hie feondum
oðfaren hæfdon,
65
ymbwicigean
werodes bearhtme
mid ælfere
æthanes byrig,
mægnes mæste
mearclandum on.
Nearwe genyddon
on norðwegas,
wiston him be suðan
Sigelwara land,
70
forbærned burhhleoðu,
brune leode,
hatum heofoncolum.
þær halig god
wið færbryne
folc gescylde,
bælce oferbrædde
byrnendne heofon,
halgan nette
hatwendne lyft.
75
Hæfde wederwolcen
widum fæðmum
eorðan and uprodor
efne gedæled,
lædde leodwerod,
ligfyr adranc,
hate heofontorht.
Hæleð wafedon,
drihta gedrymost.
Dægsceades[?] hleo
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wand ofer wolcnum;
hæfde witig god
sunnan siðfæt
segle[?] ofertolden,
swa þa mæstrapas
men ne cuðon,
ne ða seglrode
geseon meahton,
85
hu afæstnod wæs
feldhusa mæst,
siððan he mid wuldre
geweorðode
þeodenholde.
þa wæs þridda wic
folce to frofre.
Fyrd eall geseah
hu þær hlifedon
halige seglas,
90
lyftwundor leoht;
leode ongeton,
dugoð Israhela,
þæt þær drihten cwom
weroda drihten,
wicsteal metan.
Him beforan foran
fyr and wolcen
in beorhtrodor,
beamas twegen,
95
þara æghwæðer
efngedælde
heahþegnunga
haliges gastes,
deormodra sið
dagum and nihtum.
þa ic on morgen gefrægn
modes rofan
hebban herebyman
hludan stefnum,
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wuldres woman.
Werod eall aras,
modigra mægen,
swa him Moyses bebead,
mære magoræswa,
metodes folce,
fus fyrdgetrum.
Forð gesawon
lifes latþeow
lifweg metan;
105
swegl siðe weold,
sæmen æfter
foron flodwege.
Folc wæs on salum,
hlud
herges[?] cyrm.
Heofonbeacen astah
æfena gehwam,
oðer wundor,
syllic æfter sunnan
setlrade beheold,
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ofer leodwerum
lige scinan,
byrnende beam.
Blace stodon
ofer sceotendum
scire leoman;
scinon scyldhreoðan,
sceado[?] swiðredon,
neowle nihtscuwan
neah ne mihton
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heolstor ahydan;
heofoncandel barn.
Niwe nihtweard
nyde sceolde
wician ofer weredum,
þy læs him westengryre,
har
hæðbroga[?],
holmegum wederum
on[?] ferclamme
ferhð
getwæfde[?].
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Hæfde foregenga
fyrene loccas,
blace beamas;
bellegsan hweop
in þam hereþreate,
hatan lige,
þæt he on westenne
werod forbærnde,
nymðe hie modhwate
Moyses hyrde.
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Scean scir werod,
scyldas lixton,
gesawon randwigan
rihte stræte,
segn ofer sweoton,
oðþæt sæfæsten
landes æt ende
leodmægne[?] forstod,
fus on forðweg.
Fyrdwic aras;
130
wyrpton hie werige,
wiste genægdon
modige meteþegnas,
hyra mægen beton.
Bræddon æfter beorgum,
siððan byme sang,
flotan feldhusum.
þa wæs feorðe wic,
randwigena ræst,
be þan readan sæ.
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ðær on fyrd hyra
færspell becwom,
oht inlende.
Egsan stodan,
wælgryre weroda;
wræcmon gebad
laðne lastweard,
se ðe him lange ær
eðelleasum
onnied gescraf,
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wean witum fæst.
Wære ne gymdon,
ðeah þe se yldra cyning
ær ge/
þa wearð yrfeweard
ingefolca,
manna æfter maðmum,
þæt he swa miceles geðah.
Ealles þæs forgeton
siððan grame wurdon
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Egypta cyn
ymbe[?] antwig;
ða
heo[?] his mægwinum
morðor fremedon,
wroht berenedon,
wære fræton.
Wæron heaðowylmas
heortan getenge,
mihtmod wera;
manum treowum
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woldon hie þæt feorhlean
facne gyldan,
þætte
hie[?] þæt dægweorc
dreore gebohte,
Moyses leode,
þær him mihtig god
on ðam spildsiðe
spede forgefe.
þa him eorla mod
ortrywe wearð
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siððan hie gesawon
of suðwegum
fyrd Faraonis
forð ongangan,
oferholt wegan,
eored lixan,
(garas trymedon,
guð hwearfode,
blicon bordhreoðan,
byman sungon),
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þufas þunian,
þeod mearc tredan,
Hreopon[?] herefugolas,
hilde grædige,
deawigfeðere
ofer drihtneum,
wonn wælceasega.
Wulfas sungon
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atol æfenleoð
ætes on wenan,
carleasan deor,
cwyldrof beodan
on laðra last
leodmægnes
fyl[?].
Hreopon mearcweardas
middum nihtum,
fleah fæge gast,
folc wæs gehæged.
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Hwilum of þam werode
wlance þegnas
mæton milpaðas
meara bogum.
Him þær segncyning
wið þone segn foran,
manna þengel,
mearcþreate rad;
guðweard gumena
grimhelm gespeon,
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cyning cinberge,
(cumbol lixton),
wiges on wenum,
wælhlencan
sceoc[?],
het his hereciste
healdan georne
fæst
fyrdgetrum[?].
Freond
onsegon[?]
laðum eagan
landmanna cyme.
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Ymb hine wægon
wigend unforhte,
hare
heorowulfas[?] hilde gretton,
þurstige þræcwiges,
þeodenholde.
Hæfde him alesen
leoda dugeðe
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þæt wæron cyningas
and cneowmagas,
on þæt eade riht,
æðelum deore.
Forðon anra gehwilc
ut alædde
wæpnedcynnes,
wigan æghwilcne
þara þe he on ðam fyrste
findan mihte.
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Wæron ingemen
ealle ætgædere,
cyningas on corðre.
Cuð oft gebad
horn on heape
to hwæs hægstealdmen,
guðþreat gumena,
gearwe bæron.
Swa þær eorp werod,
ecan læddon,
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lað æfter laðum,
leodmægnes worn,
þusendmælum;
þider wæron fuse.
Hæfdon hie gemynted
to þam mægenheapum
to þam ærdæge
Israhela cynn
billum abreotan
on hyra broðorgyld.
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Forþon wæs in wicum
wop up ahafen,
atol æfenleoð,
egesan stodon,
weredon wælnet,
þa se woma cwom.
Flugon frecne spel,
feond wæs anmod,
werud wæs wigblac,
oðþæt wlance forsceaf
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mihtig engel,
se ða menigeo beheold,
þæt þær gelaðe mid him
leng ne mihton
geseon tosomne;
sið wæs gedæled.
Hæfde nydfara
nihtlangne fyrst,
þeah ðe him on healfa gehwam
hettend seomedon,
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mægen oððe merestream;
nahton maran hwyrft.
Wæron orwenan
eðelrihtes,
sæton æfter beorgum
in blacum reafum,
wean on wenum;
wæccende bad
eall seo sibgedriht
somod ætgædere
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maran mægenes,
oð Moyses bebead
eorlas on uhttid
ærnum
bemum[?]
folc somnigean,
frecan arisan,
habban heora hlencan,
hycgan on ellen,
beran beorht searo,
beacnum cigean
220
sweot sande near.
Snelle gemundon
weardas wigleoð,
werod wæs gefysed,
brudon ofer burgum,
(byman gehyrdon),
flotan feldhusum,
fyrd wæs on ofste.
Siððan hie getealdon
wið þam teonhete
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on þam forðherge
feðan twelfe
moderofra[?];
mægen wæs onhrered.
Wæs on anra gehwam
æðelan cynnes
alesen under lindum
leoda duguðe
on folcgetæl
fiftig cista;
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hæfde cista gehwilc
cuðes werodes
garberendra,
guðfremmendra,
[X] hund geteled,
tireadigra.
þæt wæs wiglic werod;
wace[?] ne gretton
in þæt rincgetæl
ræswan herges,
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þa þe for geoguðe
gyt ne mihton
under bordhreoðan
breostnet wera
wið flane feond
folmum werigean,
ne him bealubenne
gebiden hæfdon
ofer linde lærig,
licwunde swor,
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gylpplegan gares.
Gamele ne moston,
hare heaðorincas,
hilde onþeon,
gif him modheapum
mægen swiðrade,
ac hie be wæstmum
on[?] wig curon,
hu in leodscipe
læstan wolde
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mod mid aran,
eac þan mægnes cræft,
þa wæs handrofra
here ætgædere,
fus forðwegas.
Fana up
gerad[?],
beama beorhtost;
bidon[?] ealle þa gen
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hwonne siðboda
sæstreamum neah
leoht ofer lindum
lyftedoras bræc.
Ahleop þa for hæleðum
hildecalla,
bald beohata,
bord up ahof,
heht þa folctogan
fyrde gestillan,
255
þenden modiges meðel
monige gehyrdon.
Wolde reordigean
rices hyrde
ofer hereciste
halgan stefne,
werodes wisa
wurðmyndum spræc:
"Ne beoð ge þy forhtran,
þeah þe Faraon brohte
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sweordwigendra
side hergas,
eorla unrim!
Him eallum wile
mihtig drihten
þurh mine hand
to dæge þissum
dædlean gyfan,
þæt hie lifigende
leng ne moton
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ægnian mid yrmðum
Israhela cyn.
Ne willað eow andrædan
deade feðan,
fæge ferhðlocan,
fyrst is æt ende
lænes lifes.
Eow is lar godes
abroden of breostum.
Ic on beteran ræd,
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þæt ge gewurðien
wuldres aldor,
and eow liffrean
lissa bidde,
sigora gesynto,
þær ge siðien.
þis is se ecea
Abrahames god,
frumsceafta frea,
se ðas fyrd wereð,
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modig and mægenrof,
mid þære miclan hand."
Hof ða for hergum
hlude stefne
lifigendra
leod[?],
þa he to leodum spræc:
"Hwæt, ge nu eagum to
on lociað,
folca leofost,
færwundra sum,
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hu ic sylfa sloh
and þeos swiðre hand
grene tacne
garsecges deop.
Yð up færeð,
ofstum wyrceð
wæter
wealfæsten[?].
Wegas syndon dryge,
haswe herestræta,
holm gerymed,
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ealde staðolas,
þa ic ær ne gefrægn
ofer middangeard
men geferan,
fage feldas,
þa forð heonon
in ece
tid[?] yðe þeahton,
sælde sægrundas.
Suðwind fornam
290
bæðweges blæst,
brim[?] is areafod,
sand sæcir
spaw[?].
Ic wat soð gere
þæt eow mihtig god
miltse gecyðde,
eorlas ærglade.
Ofest is selost
þæt ge of feonda
fæðme weorðen,
reade streamas
in randgebeorh.
Syndon þa foreweallas
fægre gestepte,
wrætlicu wægfaru,
oð wolcna hrof."
æfter þam wordum
werod eall aras,
300
modigra mægen.
Mere stille bad.
Hofon herecyste
hwite linde,
segnas on sande.
Sæweall astah,
uplang gestod
wið Israhelum
andægne fyrst.
Wæs seo eorla gedriht
fæstum fæðmum
freoðowære heold.
Nalles hige gehyrdon
haliges lare,
siððan leofes leoþ
læste near
sweg swiðrode
and sances bland.
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þa þæt feorðe cyn
fyrmest eode,
wod on wægstream,
wigan on heape,
ofer grenne grund,
Iudisc feða
on[?] orette
on[?] uncuð gelad
for his mægwinum.
Swa him mihtig god
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þæs dægweorces
deop lean forgeald,
siððan him gesælde
sigorworca hreð,
þæt he ealdordom
agan sceolde
ofer cynericu,
cneowmaga blæd.
Hæfdon him to segne,
þa hie on sund stigon,
320
ofer bordhreoðan
beacen aræred
in þam garheape,
gyldenne
leon[?],
drihtfolca mæst,
deora cenost.
Be þam herewisan
hynðo ne woldon
be him lifigendum
lange þolian,
325
þonne hie to guðe
garwudu rærdon
ðeoda ænigre.
þracu[?] wæs on ore,
heard handplega,
hægsteald modige
wæpna wælslihtes,
wigend unforhte,
bilswaðu blodige,
beadumægnes ræs,
330
grimhelma gegrind,
þær Iudas for.
æfter þære fyrde
flota modgade,
Rubenes sunu.
Randas bæron
sæwicingas
ofer sealtne mersc,
manna[?] menio;
micel angetrum
335
eode unforht.
He his ealdordom
synnum aswefede,
þæt he siðor for
on leofes last.
Him on leodsceare
frumbearnes riht
freobroðor oðþah,
ead and æðelo;
he wæs gearu swa þeah.
340
þær
forð[?] æfter him
folca þryðum
sunu Simeones
sweotum comon;
þridde þeodmægen
(þufas wundon
ofer garfare)
guðcyste onþrang
deawig sceaftum.
Dægwoma becwom
345
ofer
garsecge[?],
godes beacna sum,
morgen mæretorht;
mægen forð gewat.
þa þær folcmægen
for æfter oðrum,
mægenþrymmum mæst,
þy he mære wearð,
350
on forðwegas
folc æfter wolcnum,
cynn æfter cynne.
Cuðe æghwilc
mægburga riht,
swa him Moises bead,
eorla æðelo.
Him wæs an fæder,
leof leodfruma,
landriht geþah,
355
frod on ferhðe,
freomagum leof.
Cende cneowsibbe
cenra manna
heahfædera sum,
halige þeode,
Israela cyn,
onriht godes,
swa þæt orþancum
ealde reccað
360
þa þe mægburge
mæst gefrunon,
frumcyn feora,
fæderæðelo gehwæs.
þrymfæst þeoden,
mid his þrim sunum,
þone deopestan
drencefloda[?]365
þara ðe gewurde
on woruldrice.
Hæfde him on hreðre
halige treowa;
forþon he gelædde
ofer lagustreamas
maðmhorda mæst,
mine
gefræge[?].
On feorhgebeorh
foldan hæfde
370
eallum eorðcynne
ece lafe,
frumcneow
gehwæs[?],
fæder and moder
tuddorteondra,
geteled rime
mismicelra
þonne men cunnon,
snottor sæleoda.
Eac þon sæda gehwilc
375
on bearm scipes
beornas feredon,
þara þe under heofonum
hæleð bryttigað.
Swa þæt wise men
wordum secgað
fæder Abrahames
on folctale.
380
þæt is se Abraham
se him engla god
naman niwan asceop;
eac þon neah and feor
halige heapas
in gehyld bebead,
werþeoda geweald;
he on wræce lifde.
Siððan he gelædde
leofost feora
385
haliges hæsum;
heahlond stigon
sibgemagas,
on Seone beorh.
Wære hie þær fundon,
wuldor gesawon,
halige heahtreowe,
swa hæleð gefrunon.
þær eft se snottra
sunu Dauides,
390
wuldorfæst cyning,
witgan larum
alh[?] haligne,
eorðcyninga
se wisesta
on woruldrice,
heahst and haligost,
hæleðum gefrægost,
395
mæst and mærost,
þara þe manna bearn,
fira æfter foldan,
folmum geworhte.
To þam meðelstede
magan gelædde
Abraham Isaac.
Adfyr onbran;
fyrst ferhðbana
no þy
fægenra[?] wæs.
400
Wolde þone lastweard
lige gesyllan,
in bælblyse
beorna selost,
his swæsne sunu
to sigetibre,
angan ofer eorðan
yrfelafe,
feores frofre,
ða he swa forð gebad,
405
leodum to lafe,
langsumne hiht.
He þæt gecyðde,
þa he þone cniht genam
fæste mid folmum,
folccuð geteag
ealde lafe,
(ecg grymetode),
þæt he him lifdagas
leofran ne wisse
410
þonne he hyrde
heofoncyninge.
Up aræmde
Abraham[?] þa[?];
se eorl wolde slean
eaferan sinne
unweaxenne,
ecgum[?] reodan
magan mid mece,
gif hine
metod[?] lete.
415
Ne wolde him beorht fæder
bearn ætniman,
halig tiber,
ac mid handa befeng.
þa him styran cwom
stefn of heofonum,
wuldres hleoðor,
word æfter spræc:
"Ne sleh þu, Abraham,
þin agen bearn,
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sunu mid sweorde!
Soð is gecyðed,
nu þin cunnode
cyning alwihta,
þæt þu wið waldend
wære heolde,
fæste treowe,
seo þe freoðo sceal
in lifdagum
lengest weorðan,
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awa to aldre
unswiciendo.
Hu þearf mannes sunu
maran treowe?
Ne behwylfan mæg
heofon and eorðe
his wuldres word,
widdra and siddra
þonne befæðman mæge
foldan sceattas,
430
eorðan ymbhwyrft
and uprodor,
garsecges gin
and þeos geomre lyft.
He[?] að swereð,
engla þeoden,
wyrda waldend
and wereda god,
soðfæst sigora,
þurh his sylfes lif,
435
þæt þines cynnes
and cneowmaga,
randwiggendra,
rim ne cunnon,
yldo ofer eorðan,
ealle cræfte
to gesecgenne
soðum wordum,
nymðe hwylc þæs snottor
in sefan weorðe
440
þæt he ana mæge
ealle geriman
stanas on eorðan,
steorran on heofonum,
sæbeorga
sand[?],
sealte yða;
ac hie gesittað
be sæm tweonum
445
land Cananea,
leode þine,
freobearn fæder,
folca selost."
Folc wæs afæred,
flodegsa becwom
gastas geomre,
geofon deaðe hweop.
Wæron beorhhliðu
blode bestemed,
450
holm heolfre spaw,
hream wæs on yðum,
wæter wæpna ful,
wælmist astah.
Wæron Egypte
eft oncyrde,
flugon forhtigende,
fær ongeton,
woldon herebleaðe
hamas findan,
455
gylp wearð gnornra.
Him ongen genap
atol yða gewealc,
ne ðær ænig becwom
herges to hame,
ac behindan beleac
wyrd mid wæge.
þær ær wegas lagon,
mere modgode,
mægen wæs adrenced.
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Streamas stodon,
storm up gewat
heah to heofonum,
herewopa mæst.
Laðe cyrmdon,
(lyft up geswearc),
fægum stæfnum,
flod blod gewod.
Randbyrig wæron rofene,
rodor swipode
465
meredeaða mæst,
modige swulton,
cyningas on corðre,
cyre swiðrode
sæs æt ende.
Wigbord scinon
heah ofer hæleðum,
holmweall astah,
merestream modig.
Mægen wæs on cwealme
470
fæste gefeterod,
forðganges
weg[?]
searwum æsæled,
sand
basnodon[?],
witodre fyrde,
hwonne waðema stream,
sincalda sæ,
sealtum yðum
æflastum gewuna
ece staðulas,
475
nacud nydboda,
neosan come,
fah feðegast,
se ðe feondum geneop.
Wæs seo hæwene lyft
heolfre geblanden,
brim berstende
blodegesan hweop,
sæmanna sið,
oðþæt soð metod
480
þurh Moyses hand
modge rymde,
wide wæðde,
wælfæðmum sweop.
Flod famgode,
fæge crungon,
lagu land gefeol,
lyft wæs onhrered,
wicon weallfæsten,
wægas burston,
485
multon meretorras,
þa se mihtiga sloh
mid halige hand,
heofonrices weard,
on[?] werbeamas.
Wlance ðeode
ne mihton forhabban
helpendra pað,
merestreames mod,
ac he manegum gesceod
490
gyllende gryre.
Garsecg wedde,
up ateah, on sleap.
Egesan stodon,
weollon wælbenna.
Witrod gefeol
heah of heofonum
handweorc godes,
famigbosma
flodwearde sloh,
495
unhleowan wæg,
alde mece,
þæt ðy deaðdrepe
drihte swæfon,
synfullra sweot.
Sawlum lunnon
fæste befarene,
flodblac here,
siððan hie on
bugon[?] brun yppinge,
500
modewæga mæst.
Mægen eall gedreas
ða
gedrencte[?] wæron[?] dugoð Egypta,
Faraon mid his folcum.
He
onfond[?] hraðe,
siððan
grund[?] gestah
godes andsaca,
þæt wæs mihtigra
mereflodes weard;
505
wolde
heorufæðmum[?] hilde gesceadan,
yrre and egesfull.
Egyptum wearð
þæs dægweorces
deop lean gesceod,
forðam þæs heriges
ham eft ne com
ealles ungrundes
ænig to lafe,
510
þætte sið
heora[?] secgan moste,
bodigean æfter burgum
bealospella mæst,
hordwearda hryre,
hæleða cwenum,
ac þa mægenþreatas
meredeað geswealh,
spelbodan
eac[?].
Se ðe sped ahte,
515
ageat gylp wera.
Hie wið god wunnon!
þanon Israhelum
ece rædas
on merehwearfe
Moyses[?] sægde,
heahþungen wer,
halige spræce,
deop ærende.
Dægword[?] nemnað
520
swa gyt werðeode,
on gewritum findað
doma gehwilcne,
þara ðe him drihten bebead
on þam siðfate
soðum wordum,
gif onlucan wile
lifes wealhstod,
beorht in breostum,
banhuses weard,
525
ginfæsten god
gastes cægon.
Run bið gerecenod,
ræd forð gæð,
hafað wislicu
word on fæðme,
wile meagollice
modum tæcan
þæt we gesne ne syn
godes þeodscipes,
530
metodes miltsa.
He us ma onlyhð,
nu us boceras
beteran secgað
lengran
lifwynna[?].
þis is læne dream,
wommum awyrged,
wreccum alyfed,
535
þysne gystsele
gihðum
healdað[?],
murnað on mode,
manhus witon
fæst under foldan,
þær bið fyr and wyrm,
open ece scræf.
Yfela
gehwylces[?]
swa nu regnþeofas
rice dælað,
540
yldo oððe ærdeað.
Eftwyrd cymð,
mægenþrymma mæst
ofer middangeard,
dæg dædum fah.
Drihten sylfa
on þam meðelstede
manegum demeð,
þonne he soðfæstra
sawla lædeð,
545
eadige gastas,
on uprodor,
þær
is[?] leoht and lif,
eac þon lissa blæd;
dugoð on dreame
drihten herigað,
weroda wuldorcyning,
to widan feore.
Swa reordode
ræda gemyndig
550
manna mildost,
mihtum swiðed,
hludan stefne;
here stille bad
witodes willan,
wundor ongeton,
modiges muðhæl;
he to mænegum spræc:
"Micel is þeos menigeo,
mægenwisa trum,
555
fullesta mæst,
se ðas fare lædeð;
hafað
us[?] on Cananea
cyn gelyfed
burh and beagas,
brade rice;
wile nu gelæstan
þæt he lange gehet
mid aðsware,
engla drihten,
560
in fyrndagum
fæderyncynne,
gif ge gehealdað
halige lare,
þæt ge feonda gehwone
forð ofergangað,
gesittað sigerice
be sæm tweonum,
beorselas beorna.
Bið eower blæd micel!"
565
æfter þam wordum
werod wæs on salum,
sungon sigebyman,
(segnas stodon),
on fægerne sweg;
folc wæs on lande,
hæfde wuldres beam
werud gelæded,
halige heapas,
on hild godes.
570
Life
gefegon[?] þa hie oðlæded hæfdon
feorh of feonda dome,
þeah ðe hie hit frecne geneðdon,
weras under wætera hrofas.
Gesawon hie þær weallas standan,
ealle him brimu blodige þuhton,
þurh þa heora beadosearo wægon.
Hreðdon hildespelle,
siððan hie þam
herge[?] wiðforon;
575
hofon hereþreatas
hlude stefne,
for þam dædweorce
drihten heredon,
weras wuldres sang;
wif on oðrum,
folcsweota mæst,
fyrdleoð
golan[?]
aclum stefnum,
eallwundra fela.
580
þa wæs eðfynde
Afrisc meowle
on geofones staðe
golde geweorðod.
Handa hofon
halswurðunge,
bliðe wæron,
bote gesawon,
heddon herereafes,
hæft wæs onsæled.
585
Ongunnon sælafe
segnum dælan
reaf and randas.
Heo on riht
sceodon[?]
gold and godweb,
Iosepes gestreon,
wera wuldorgesteald.
Werigend lagon
590
on deaðstede,
drihtfolca
mæst[?].