Dobbie, 1942 74-7; Dobbie, E.V.K., The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, ASPR 6 (New York).
Sy þe wuldor and lof
wide geopenod
geond ealle þeoda,
þanc and wylla,
mægen and mildse
and ealles modes lufu,
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soðfæstra sib,
and ðines sylfes dom
worulde gewlitegod,
swa ðu wealdan miht
eall eorðan mægen
and uplyfte,
wind and wolcna.
Wealdest eall on riht.
[Patri et filio et spiritui sancto.]
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þu eart frofra fæder
and feorhhyrde,
lifes latteow,
leohtes wealdend,
asyndrod fram synnum,
swa ðin sunu mære
þurh clæne gecynd,
cyning ofer ealle,
beald gebletsod,
boca lareow,
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heah
higefrofer[?] and halig gast.
[Sicut erat in principio.]
Swa wæs on fruman
frea mancynnes
ealre worulde
wlite and
frofer[?],
clæne and cræftig.
þu gecyddest þæt
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þa ðu, ece god,
ana gewrohtest
þurh halige miht
heofonas and eorðan,
eardas and uplyft
and ealle þing.
þu settest on foldan
swyðe feala cynna
and tosyndrodost hig
syððon on mænego;
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þu gewrohtest, ece god,
ealle gesceafta
on syx dagum,
and on þone seofoðan þu gerestest.
þa wæs geforðad
þin fægere weorc,
and ðu sunnandæg
sylf halgodest
and gemærsodest hine
manegum to helpe.
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þone heahan dæg
healdað and freoðiaþ
ealle þa ðe cunnon
cristene þeawas,
halige[?] heortlufan
and ðæs hehstan gebod;
on drihtnes namon
se dæg is gewurðod.
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And nu and symble
þine soðan weorc
and ðin mycele miht
manegum swytelað,
swa þine cræftas heo
cyðaþ wide
ofer ealle woruld;
ece standeþ
godes handgeweorc,
groweð swa ðu hete.
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Ealle þe heriað
halige dreamas
clænre stefne
and cristene bec,
eall middaneard,
and we men cweþað
on grunde her:
"Gode lof and ðanc,
ece willa,
and ðin agen dom!"
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[Et in secula seculorum.]
And on worulda woruld
wunað and rixað
cyning innan wuldre
and his þa gecorenan,
heahþrymnesse
haliges gastes,
wlitige englas
and wuldorgyfe,
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soðe sibbe,
sawla þancung,
modes miltse.
þær is seo mæste lufu;
haligdomes
heofonas syndon
þurh þine ecan
word[?] æghwær fulle,
swa syndon þine mihta
ofer middangeard
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swutele and gesyne,
þæt ðu hy sylf worhtest.
We þæt soðlice
secgað ealle:
þurh clæne gecynd
þu eart cyning on riht,
clæne and cræftig.
þu gecyddest þæt
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þa ðu, mihtig god,
man geworhtest
and him on dydest
oruð and sawul,
sealdest word and gewitt
and wæstma gecynd,
cyddest þine cræftas.
Swylc is Cristes miht!