Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 215-18; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
helpe min se halga dryhten!
þu gesceope heofon ond eorþan
ond wundor eall,
min wundorcyning,
þe[?] þær on sindon,
ece dryhten,
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micel ond manigfeald.
Ic þe, mære god,
mine sawle bebeode
ond mines sylfes lic,
ond min word ond min weorc,
witig dryhten,
ond eal min leoþo,
leohtes hyrde,
ond þa manigfealdan
mine geþohtas.
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Getacna me,
tungla hyrde,
þær selast sy
sawle minre
to gemearcenne
meotudes willan,
þæt ic þe geþeo
þinga gehwylce,
ond on me sylfum,
soðfæst cyning,
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ræd arære.
Regnþeof ne læt
on sceade sceþþan,
þeah þe ic scyppendum
wuldorcyninge
waccor hyrde,
ricum dryhtne,
þonne min ræd wære.
Forgif me to lisse,
lifgende god,
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bitre bealodæde.
Ic þa bote gemon,
cyninga wuldor,
cume to, gif ic mot.
Forgif þu me, min frea,
fierst ond ondgiet
ond geþyld ond gemynd
þinga gehwylces
þara þu me, soþfæst cyning,
sendan wylle
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to cunnunge.
Nu þu const on mec
firendæda fela,
feorma mec hwæþre,
meotod, for þinre miltse,
þeah þe ic ma fremede
grimra gylta
þonne me god lyfde;
hæbbe ic þonne þearfe
þæt ic þine seþeah,
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halges heofoncyninges,
hyldo getilge
leorendum dagum,
lif æfter oþrum
geseo ond gesece,
þæt me siþþan þær
unne arfæst god
ecan dreames,
lif alyfe,
þeah þe lætlicor
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bette bealodæde
þonne bibodu wæron
halgan heofonmægnes.
Hwæt, þu me her fela
[...] forgeafe.
Gesette minne hyht on þec,
forhte foreþoncas,
þæt hio fæstlice
stonde gestaðelad.
Onstep minne hige,
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gæsta god cyning,
in gearone ræd.
Nu ic fundige to þe,
fæder moncynnes,
of þisse worulde,
nu ic wat þæt ic sceal,
ful unfyr faca;
feorma me þonne,
wyrda waldend,
in þinne wuldordream,
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ond mec geleoran læt,
leofra dryhten,
geoca mines gæstes.
þonne is gromra to fela
æfestum eaden,
hæbbe ic þonne
æt frean frofre,
þeah þe ic ær on fyrste lyt
earnode arna.
Forlæt mec englas seþeah
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geniman on þinne neawest,
nergende cyning,
meotud, for þinre miltse.
þeah ðe ic mana fela
æfter dogrum dyde,
ne læt þu mec næfre deofol seþeah
þin lim lædan
on laðne sið,
þy læs hi on þone foreþonc
gefeon motan
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þy þe hy him sylfum
sellan þuhten
englas oferhydige
þonne ece Crist.
Gelugon hy him æt þam geleafan;
forþon hy longe scul/,
werge wihta,
wræce þrowian.
Forstond þu mec ond gestyr him,
þonne storm cyme
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minum gæste ongegn;
geoca þonne,
mihtig dryhten,
minre sawle,
gefreoþa hyre ond gefeorma hy,
fæder moncynnes,
hædre gehogode,
hæl, ece god,
meotod meahtum swiþ.
Min is nu þa
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sefa synnum fah,
ond ic ymb sawle eom
feam siþum forht,
þeah þu me fela sealde
arna on þisse eorþan.
þe sie ealles þonc
meorda ond miltsa,
þara þu me sealdest.
No ðæs earninga
ænige wæron mid;
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hwæþre ic me ealles þæs
ellen wylle
habban ond hlyhhan
ond me hyhtan to,
frætwian mec on ferðweg
ond fundian
sylf to þam siþe
þe ic asettan sceal,
gæst gearwian,
ond me þæt eal for gode þolian
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bliþe mode,
nu ic gebunden eom
fæste in minum ferþe.
Huru me frea witeð
sume þara synna
þe ic me sylf ne conn
ongietan gleawlice.
Gode ic hæbbe
abolgen, brego moncynnes;
forþon ic þus bittre wearð
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gewitnad for þisse worulde,
swa min gewyrhto wæron
micle fore monnum,
þæt ic
martirdom[?]
deopne adreoge.
Ne eom ic dema gleaw,
wis fore weorude;
forþon ic þas word spræce
fus on ferþe,
swa me on frymðe gelomp
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yrmþu ofer eorþan,
þæt ic a þolade
geara gehwylce
(gode ealles þonc!)
modearfoþa
ma þonne on oþrum,
fyrhto in folce;
forþon ic afysed eom
earm of minum eþle.
Ne mæg þæs anhoga,
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leodwynna leas,
leng drohtian,
wineleas wræcca,
(is him wrað meotud),
ond him ælce mæle
men fullestað,
ycað his yrmþu,
ond he þæt eal þolað,
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sarcwide secga,
ond him bið a sefa geomor,
mod morgenseoc.
Ic bi me tylgust
secge þis sarspel
ond ymb siþ spræce,
longunge fus,
ond on lagu þence,
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hwy ic gebycge
bat on sæwe,
fleot on faroðe;
nah ic fela goldes
ne huru þæs freondes,
þe me gefylste
to þam siðfate,
nu ic me sylf ne mæg
fore minum wonæhtum
willan adreogan.
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Wudu mot him weaxan,
wyrde bidan,
tanum lædan;
ic for tæle ne mæg
ænigne moncynnes
mode gelufian
eorl on eþle.
Eala dryhten min,
meahtig mundbora!
þæt ic eom mode
seoc[?],
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bittre abolgen,
is seo bot æt þe
gelong æfter
life[?].
Ic on leohte ne mæg
butan earfoþum
ænge þinga
feasceaft hæle
foldan /unian;
þonne ic me to fremþum
freode hæfde,
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cyðþu gecwe/
me wæs a cearu symle
lufena to leane,
swa ic alifde nu.
Giet biþ þæt
selast[?],
þonne mon him sylf ne mæg
wyrd onwendan,
þæt he þonne wel þolige.