Dobbie, 1942 94-6; Dobbie, E.V.K., The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, ASPR 6 (New York).
æla, drihten leof!
æla, dema god!
Ic wat mine saule
synnum forwundod;
gehæl þu hy,
heofena drihten,
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and gelacna þu hy,
lifes ealdor,
forþan ðu eðest miht
ealra læca
ðæra þe gewurde
side oððe wyde.
æla, frea beorhta,
folkes scippend!
Gemilsa þyn mod
me to gode,
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sile þyne are
þynum[?] earminge.
Se byð earming
þe[?] on eorðan her
dæiges and nihtes
deofle campað
and hys willan wyrcð;
wa him þære mirigðe,
þonne he ða handlean
hafað and sceawað,
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bute he þæs yfeles
ær geswyce.
Se byð eadig,
se þe on eorðan her
dæiges and nyhtes
drihtne hyræð
and a hys willan wyrcð;
wel hym þæs geweorkes,
ðonne he ða handlean
hafað and sceawað,
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gyf he ealteawne
ende gedreogeð.
æla, leohtes leoht!
æla, lyfes wynn!
Getiþa me,
tireadig kyning,
þonne ic minre sawle
swegles bydde,
ece are.
þu eart eaðe, god,
ana ofer ealle
eorðan and heofonas
syddra gesceafta.
ðu eart soð meotod,
ana ofer ealle
eorðbugende,
swilce on heofonum up
þu eart hælend god.
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Ne mæg þe aherian
hæleða ænig;
þeh us gesomnie
geond sidne grund,
men ofer moldan,
geond ealne middaneard,
ne mage we næfre asæcgan,
ne þæt soðe witan,
hu þu æðele eart,
ece drihten.
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Ne þeah engla werod
up on heofenum
snotra tosomne
sæcgan ongunnon,
ne magon hy næfre areccean,
ne þæt gerim wytan,
hu þu mære eart,
mihtig drihten.
Ac is wunder mycel,
wealdend engla,
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gif þu hit sylfa wast,
sigores ealdor,
hu þu mære eart,
mihtig and mægenstrang,
ealra kyninga kyning,
Crist
lifiende[?],
ealra worulda scippend,
wealdend engla,
ealra dugeþa duguð,
drihten hælend.
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ðu eart se æðela
þe on ærdagum
ealra femnena wyn
fægere akende
on Bethleem ðære byrig
beornum to frofre,
eallum to are
ylda bearnum,
þam þe gelyfað
on lyfiendne god
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and on þæt ece leoht
uppe on roderum.
ðyn[?] mægen ys swa mære,
mihtig drihten,
swa þæt ænig ne wat
eorðbuende
þa deopnesse
drihtnes mihta,
ne þæt ænig ne wat
engla hades
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þa heahnisse
heofena kyninges.
Ic þe andette,
ælmihtig god,
þæt ic gelyfe on þe,
leofa hælend,
þæt þu eart se miccla
and se mægenstranga
and se eadmoda
ealra goda
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and se ece kyning
ealra gesceafta,
and ic eom se litla for þe
and se lyðra man,
se her syngige
swiðe genehhe,
dæges and nihtes
do, swa ic ne sceolde,
hwile mid weorce,
hwile mid worde,
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hwile mid geþohte,
þearle scyldi,
inwitniðas
oft and gelome.
Ac ic þe halsige nu,
heofena drihten,
and gebidde me to þe,
bearna selost,
þæt ðu gemilsige me,
mihtig drihten,
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heofena heahkyning
and se halga gast,
and gefylste me,
fæder ælmihtig,
þæt ic þinne willan
gewyrcean mæge,
ær ic of þysum
lænan[?] lyfe gehweorfe.
Ne forweorn þu me,
wuldres drihten,
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ac getyþa me,
tyreadig kyning,
læt me mid englum
up siðian,
herian heofonas god
haligum reorde