þæne goodan god,
forðan ic hine gleawne wat;
is his mildheortnes
mycel[?] to worulde.
Secge þæt nu ða,
þæt hi sylfa god
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alysde, lifes weard,
laðum of handa,
and hi of sidfolcum
gesamnade.
Fram uppgange
æryst sunnan
oþþæt heo gewiteð
on
westrodur[?]
and fram sæ norðan
swycedan geond westen;
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ne meahton ceastre weg
cuðne mittan,
þe hi eardunge
on genaman.
Hæfde hi hungor and þurst
heard gewyrded,
þæt him frecne on
feorh aðolude.
And hi þa on þære costunge
cleopedan to
dryhtne[?],
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and he hi of þam earfeðum
eallum alysde.
Hi þa gelædde
lifes ealdor,
þær hi on rihtne weg
ricene eodan,
oðþæt hi cuðlice
on becwoman
to hiora cestre
eardungstowe.
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Forðon
hi[?] mildheortnesse
mihtigan drihtnes
ealle andettað,
and eac sæcgeað
mycel wundur hys
manna bearnum.
Forðon he gesedeð
sawle idle,
and þa hungrian
her mid godum
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fæste gefylleð
to feore syþþan,
þa þe her on ðystrum
þrage sæton
and on deaðes scuan
deorcum lifdan,
gebundene[?] bealuwe feterum
on wædle wrace
and on iserne.
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Forðon hi dydan
drihtnes spræce
æghwæs ægype,
and his geðeaht swylce
þæs heahstan him
hæfdan on bysmer.
Hiora heorte wæs
hean on gewinnum
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næfdan þa on foldan
fultum ænne.
Hi on costunge
cleopedan to drihtne,
and he hi of þam earfoðum
eallum alysde.
And he hi of þam þystrum
þanon alædde
and of deaðes scuan
deorcum generede
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and heora bendas towearp
bitre sneome.
Forðan hi mildheort mod
mihtigan drihtnes
ealle
andettan[?],
and eac cweþan
mycel wundur
his[?] ofer manna bearn.
Forðon he æren dor
eaðe gescæneð
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and iserne steng
ana gebigeð.
He hi of unrihtum
ealle swylce
þam wraðan wege
wis alædeð,
þær hi wæron on woo
ær wraðe besmitene.
Hi onhysctan
æghwylcne mete,
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mode mægen heora,
oð unmihte,
þæt hy wið deaða duru
drencyde wæran.
þa hi on costunge
cleopedan to drihtne,
and he hi of þam earfoþum
eallum alysde.
He him wisfæstlic
word onsende,
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þurh þæt hi hrædlice
hælde wæron
and of heora forwyrde
wurdan generede.
Forðon hi nu andettan
ecum drihtne,
þæt he milde wearð
manna cynne;
mycel ys his wundur
ofer manna bearn.
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Hi him sculon laces lof
lustum bringan,
and his weorc wynsum
wide sæcgean.
þa þe sæ seceað,
mid scipe liðað,
wyrceað weorc mænig
on wæterðryþum.
Hi drihtnes weorc
digul gesawon
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and his wundra wearn
on wætergrundum.
Gif he sylfa cwyð,
sona
ætstandað[?]
ystige gastas
ofer egewylmum,
beoð heora yþa
up astigene.
þa to heofenum up
heah astigað,
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nyþer gefeallað
under neowulne grund;
oft þa on yfele
eft aþindað.
Gedrefede þa
deope syndan,
hearde onhrerede
her anlicast,
hu druncen hwylc
gedwæs spyrige;
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ealle heora snytru beoð
yfele
forglendred[?].
Hi on costunge
cleopedan to drihtne,
and he hi of earfeðum
eallum alysde.
He yste mæg
eaðe oncyrran,
þæt
him[?] windes hweoðu
weorðeð smylte,
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and þa yðe
eft swygiað,
bliþe weorðað,
þa þe brimu weþað.
And he hi on hælo
hyþe gelædde,
swa he hira willan
wyste fyrmest,
and he hig of earfoðum
eallum alysde.
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Hi andettan
ealle drihtne,
hu he milde wearð
manna cynne;
mære synd his wundur
ofer manna bearn.
Forðon hine on cyrcean
cristenes folces
hean ahebbað,
and him hælu and lof
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on sotelum soðfæstra
secgean to worulde.
He on westenne
wynne streamas
soðfæst sette,
þær he sarig folc
geðewde þurste
þa blissade.
He ða weaxendan
wende eorðan
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on sealtne mersc
for synndædum
þara eardendra,
þe hire on lifdan.
Westen he geworhte
on widne mere,
and swylce eorðan
eac butan wætre
on utgange
æþelast burnan.
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þær he hungrium
ham staðelude,
and þær gesetton
swylce ceastre,
þær hi eard namon
awa syþþan.
Hi wingeardas
wyrcean ongunnon,
sæde seowan,
syþþan growan
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lungre land heora
aloden wæstmum.
þa he bletsade,
and hi brade þa
weoxan weorðlice,
wide greowan;
næs heora neata
nan geyfelad.
Oft hi fea wurdan
feondum geswencte
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fram þære costunge
þe him becwom æfter,
sares and yfeles,
þe hi syþþan begeat.
Syððan hi forhogedan
halige lare;
hiora ealdormen
ealle wæron
sare beswicene,
swicedan oftust
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and on wegas werige
wendan hwilum of.
þær he þearfendra
þa miltsude,
and hi of wædle
wean alysde,
sette heora staðol
sceapum anlice.
Syþþan þæt soðfæste geseoð,
sniome æfter
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bliðe weorðað,
beot geþenceað,
þæt unrihta gehwylc
eft
oncyrreð[?]
and his sylfes muð
symble
hemneð[?].
Hwylc is wisra nu
wel snotera,
þe þas mid gehygde
healdan cunne,
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and milde mod
mihtigan drihtnes
full gleawlice
ongite syþþan?