Dobbie, 1942 28-30; Dobbie, E.V.K., The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, ASPR 6 (New York).
F byþ frofur
fira gehwylcum.
Sceal ðeah manna gehwylc
miclun hyt dælan
gif he wile for drihtne
domes hleotan.
U byþ anmod
and oferhyrned,
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felafrecne deor,
feohteþ mid hornum,
mære morstapa;
þæt is modig wuht.
þ byþ ðearle scearp;
ðegna gehwylcum
anfeng ys yfyl,
ungemetun reþe
manna gehwylcun
ðe him mid resteð.
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O byþ ordfruma
ælcre spræce,
wisdomes wraþu
and witena frofur,
and eorla gehwam
eadnys and tohiht.
R byþ on recyde
rinca gehwylcum
sefte, and swiþhwæt
ðam ðe sitteþ on ufan
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meare mægenheardum
ofer milpaþas.
C byþ cwicera gehwam
cuþ on fyre,
blac and beorhtlic,
byrneþ oftust
ðær hi æþelingas
inne restaþ.
G gumena byþ
gleng and herenys,
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wraþu and wyrþscype,
and wræcna gehwam
ar and ætwist
ðe byþ oþra leas.
Wne bruceþ
ðe can weana lyt,
sares and
sorge[?],
and him sylfa hæfþ
blæd and blysse
and eac byrga geniht.
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H byþ hwitust corna;
hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
wealcaþ hit windes
scuras[?],
weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan.
N byþ nearu on breostan,
weorþeþ hi ðeah oft niþa bearnum
to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre,
gif hi his hlystaþ æror.
I byþ oferceald,
ungemetum slidor,
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glisnaþ glæshluttur,
gimmum gelicust,
flor forste
geworuht[?],
fæger ansyne.
J byþ gumena hiht,
ðon god læteþ,
halig heofones cyning,
hrusan syllan
beorhte bleda
beornum and ðearfum.
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Z byþ utan
unsmeþe treow,
heard, hrusan fæst,
hyrde fyres,
wyrtrumun underwreþyd,
wyn[?] on eþle.
P byþ symble
plega and hlehter
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on beorsele
bliþe ætsomne.
Xsecg[?] eard[?] hæfþ
oftust on fenne,
wexeð on wature,
wundaþ grimme,
blode breneð
beorna gehwylcne
ðe him ænigne
onfeng gedeð.
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S semannum
symble biþ on hihte,
ðonn hi hine feriaþ
ofer fisces beþ,
oþ hi brimhengest
bringeþ to lande.
T biþ tacna sum,
healdeð trywa wel
wiþ æþelingas,
a biþ on færylde,
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ofer nihta genipu
næfre swiceþ.
B byþ bleda leas,
bereþ efne swa ðeah
tanas butan tudder,
biþ on telgum wlitig,
heah[?] on helme
hrysted fægere,
geloden leafum,
lyfte getenge.
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E byþ for eorlum
æþelinga wyn,
hors hofum wlanc,
ðær him
hæleþ[?] ymbe[?],
welege on wicgum,
wrixlaþ spræce,
and biþ unstyllum
æfre frofur.
M byþ on myrgþe
his magan leof;
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sceal þeah anra gehwylc
oðrum[?] swican,
for ðam dryhten wyle
dome sine
þæt earme flæsc
eorþan betæcan.
L byþ leodum
langsum geþuht,
gif hi sculun
neþan[?] on nacan tealtum,
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and hi sæyþa
swyþe bregaþ,
and se brimhengest
bridles ne
gymeð[?].
NG wæs ærest
mid Eastdenum
gesewen secgun,
oþ he siððan
eft[?]
ofer wæg gewat,
wæn æfter ran;
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ðus heardingas
ðone hæle nemdun.
OE byþ oferleof
æghwylcum men,
gif he mot ðær
rihtes[?] and gerysena on
brucan on
bolde[?] bleadum oftast.
D byþ drihtnes sond,
deore mannum,
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mære metodes leoht,
myrgþ and tohiht
eadgum and earmum,
eallum brice.
A byþ on eorþan
elda bearnum
flæsces fodor,
fereþ gelome
ofer ganotes bæþ;
garsecg fandaþ
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hwæþer ac hæbbe
æþele treowe.
æ biþ oferheah,
eldum dyre,
stiþ on staþule,
stede rihte hylt,
ðeah him feohtan on
firas monige.
Y byþ æþelinga
and eorla gehwæs
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wyn and wyrþmynd,
byþ on wicge fæger,
fæstlic on færelde,
fyrdgeatewa[?] sum.
IO byþ
eafix[?],
and ðeah a bruceþ
fodres on
foldan[?],
hafaþ fægerne eard,
wætre beworpen,
ðær he wynnum leofaþ.
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EA byþ egle
eorla gehwylcun,
ðonn fæstlice
flæsc onginneþ,
hraw colian,
hrusan ceosan
blac to gebeddan;
bleda gedreosaþ,
wynna gewitaþ,
wera geswicaþ.