Ūtfæreldes Lēoþ
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Hwæt! We feor and neahgefrigen habað
ofer middangeardMoyses domas,
wræclico wordriht,wera cneorissum,—
in uprodoreadigra gehwam
5 æfter bealusiðebote lifes,
lifigendra gehwamlangsumne ræd,—
hæleðum secgan.Gehyre se ðe wille!
þone on westenneweroda drihten,
soðfæst cyning,mid his sylfes miht
10 gewyrðode,and him wundra fela,
ece alwalda,in æht forgeaf.
He wæs leof gode,leoda aldor,
horsc and hreðergleaw,herges wisa,
freom folctoga.Faraones cyn,
15 godes andsacan,gyrdwite band,
þær him gesealdesigora waldend,
modgum magoræswan,his maga feorh,
onwist eðles,Abrahames sunum.
Heah wæs þæt handleanand him hold frea,
20 gesealde wæpna gewealdwið wraðra gryre,
ofercom mid þy campecneomaga fela,
feonda folcriht.ða wæs forma sið
þæt hine weroda godwordum nægde,
þær he him gesægdesoðwundra fela,
25 hu þas woruld worhtewitig drihten,
eorðan ymbhwyrftand uprodor,
gesette sigerice,and his sylfes naman,
ðone yldo bearnær ne cuðon,
frod fædera cyn,þeah hie fela wiston.
30 Hæfde he þa geswiðedsoðum cræftum
and gewurðodnewerodes aldor,
Faraones feond,on forðwegas.
þa wæs ingereealdum witum
deaðe gedrenceddrihtfolca mæst;
35 hordwearda hryreheaf wæs geniwad,
swæfon seledreamas,since berofene.
Hæfde mansceaðanæt middere niht
frecne gefylled,frumbearna fela,
abrocene burhweardas.Bana wide scrað,
40 lað leodhata,land drysmyde
deadra hræwum,dugoð forð gewat,
wop wæs wide,worulddreama lyt.
Wæron hleahtorsmiðumhanda belocene,
alyfed laðsiðleode gretan;
45 folc ferende,feond wæs bereafod,
hergas on helle.Heofung þider becom,
druron deofolgyld.Dæg wæs mære
ofer middangeardþa seo mengeo for.
Swa þæs fæsten dreahfela missera,
50 ealdwerige,Egypta folc,
þæs þe hie wideferðwyrnan þohton
Moyses magum,gif hie metod lete,
on langne lustleofes siðes.
Fyrd wæs gefysed,from se ðe lædde,
55 modig magoræswa,mægburh heora.
Oferfor he mid þy folcefæstena worn,
land and leodweardlaðra manna,
enge anpaðas,uncuð gelad,
oðþæt hie on Guðmyrcegearwe bæron,
60 (wæron land heoralyfthelme beþeaht),
mearchofu morheald.Moyses ofer þa,
fela meoringa,fyrde gelædde.
Heht þa ymb twa nihttirfæste hæleð,
siððan hie feondumoðfaren hæfdon,
65 ymbwicigeanwerodes bearhtme
mid ælfereæthanes byrig,
mægnes mæstemearclandum on.
Nearwe genyddonon norðwegas,
wiston him be suðanSigelwara land,
70 forbærned burhhleoðu,brune leode,
hatum heofoncolum.þær halig god
wið færbrynefolc gescylde,
bælce oferbræddebyrnendne heofon,
halgan nettehatwendne lyft.
75 Hæfde wederwolcenwidum fæðmum
eorðan and uprodorefne gedæled,
lædde leodwerod,ligfyr adranc,
hate heofontorht.Hæleð wafedon,
drihta gedrymost.Dægsceades hleo
80 wand ofer wolcnum;hæfde witig god
sunnan siðfætsegle ofertolden,
swa þa mæstrapasmen ne cuðon,
ne ða seglrodegeseon meahton,
eorðbuendeealle cræfte,
85 hu afæstnod wæsfeldhusa mæst,
siððan he mid wuldregeweorðode
þeodenholde.þa wæs þridda wic
folce to frofre.Fyrd eall geseah
hu þær hlifedonhalige seglas,
90 lyftwundor leoht;leode ongeton,
dugoð Israhela,þæt þær drihten cwom
weroda drihten,wicsteal metan.
Him beforan foranfyr and wolcen
in beorhtrodor,beamas twegen,
95 þara æghwæðerefngedælde
heahþegnungahaliges gastes,
deormodra siðdagum and nihtum.
þa ic on morgen gefrægnmodes rofan
hebban herebymanhludan stefnum,
100 wuldres woman.Werod eall aras,
modigra mægen,swa him Moyses bebead,
mære magoræswa,metodes folce,
fus fyrdgetrum.Forð gesawon
lifes latþeowlifweg metan;
105 swegl siðe weold,sæmen æfter
foron flodwege.Folc wæs on salum,
hlud herges cyrm.Heofonbeacen astah
æfena gehwam,oðer wundor,
syllic æfter sunnansetlrade beheold,
110 ofer leodwerumlige scinan,
byrnende beam.Blace stodon
ofer sceotendumscire leoman;
scinon scyldhreoðan,sceado swiðredon,
neowle nihtscuwanneah ne mihton
115 heolstor ahydan;heofoncandel barn.
Niwe nihtweardnyde sceolde
wician ofer weredum,þy læs him westengryre,
har hæðbroga,holmegum wederum
on ferclammeferhð getwæfde.
120 Hæfde foregengafyrene loccas,
blace beamas;bellegsan hweop
in þam hereþreate,hatan lige,
þæt he on westennewerod forbærnde,
nymðe hie modhwateMoyses hyrde.
125 Scean scir werod,scyldas lixton,
gesawon randwiganrihte stræte,
segn ofer sweoton,oðþæt sæfæsten
landes æt endeleodmægne forstod,
fus on forðweg.Fyrdwic aras;
130 wyrpton hie werige,wiste genægdon
modige meteþegnas,hyra mægen beton.
Bræddon æfter beorgum,siððan byme sang,
flotan feldhusum.þa wæs feorðe wic,
randwigena ræst,be þan readan sæ.
135 ðær on fyrd hyrafærspell becwom,
oht inlende.Egsan stodan,
wælgryre weroda;wræcmon gebad
laðne lastweard,se ðe him lange ær
eðelleasumonnied gescraf,
140 wean witum fæst.Wære ne gymdon,
ðeah þe se yldra cyningær ge...
þa wearð yrfeweardingefolca,
manna æfter maðmum,þæt he swa miceles geðah.
Ealles þæs forgetonsiððan grame wurdon
145 Egypta cynymbe antwig;
ða heo his mægwinummorðor fremedon,
wroht berenedon,wære fræton.
Wæron heaðowylmasheortan getenge,
mihtmod wera;manum treowum
150 woldon hie þæt feorhleanfacne gyldan,
þætte hie þæt dægweorcdreore gebohte,
Moyses leode,þær him mihtig god
on ðam spildsiðespede forgefe.
þa him eorla modortrywe wearð
155 siððan hie gesawonof suðwegum
fyrd Faraonisforð ongangan,
oferholt wegan,eored lixan,
(garas trymedon,guð hwearfode,
blicon bordhreoðan,byman sungon),
160 þufas þunian,þeod mearc tredan,
on hwæl
Hreopon herefugolas,hilde grædige,
deawigfeðereofer drihtneum,
wonn wælceasega.Wulfas sungon
165 atol æfenleoðætes on wenan,
carleasan deor,cwyldrof beodan
on laðra lastleodmægnes fyl.
Hreopon mearcweardasmiddum nihtum,
fleah fæge gast,folc wæs gehæged.
170 Hwilum of þam werodewlance þegnas
mæton milpaðasmeara bogum.
Him þær segncyningwið þone segn foran,
manna þengel,mearcþreate rad;
guðweard gumenagrimhelm gespeon,
175 cyning cinberge,(cumbol lixton),
wiges on wenum,wælhlencan sceoc,
het his herecistehealdan georne
fæst fyrdgetrum.Freond onsegon
laðum eaganlandmanna cyme.
180 Ymb hine wægonwigend unforhte,
hare heorowulfashilde gretton,
þurstige þræcwiges,þeodenholde.
Hæfde him alesenleoda dugeðe
tireadigratwa þusendo,
185 þæt wæron cyningasand cneowmagas,
on þæt eade riht,æðelum deore.
Forðon anra gehwilcut alædde
wæpnedcynnes,wigan æghwilcne
þara þe he on ðam fyrstefindan mihte.
190 Wæron ingemenealle ætgædere,
cyningas on corðre.Cuð oft gebad
horn on heapeto hwæs hægstealdmen,
guðþreat gumena,gearwe bæron.
Swa þær eorp werod,ecan læddon,
195 lað æfter laðum,leodmægnes worn,
þusendmælum;þider wæron fuse.
Hæfdon hie gemyntedto þam mægenheapum
to þam ærdægeIsrahela cynn
billum abreotanon hyra broðorgyld.
200 Forþon wæs in wicumwop up ahafen,
atol æfenleoð,egesan stodon,
weredon wælnet,þa se woma cwom.
Flugon frecne spel,feond wæs anmod,
werud wæs wigblac,oðþæt wlance forsceaf
205 mihtig engel,se ða menigeo beheold,
þæt þær gelaðe mid himleng ne mihton
geseon tosomne;sið wæs gedæled.
Hæfde nydfaranihtlangne fyrst,
þeah ðe him on healfa gehwamhettend seomedon,
210 mægen oððe merestream;nahton maran hwyrft.
Wæron orwenaneðelrihtes,
sæton æfter beorgumin blacum reafum,
wean on wenum;wæccende bad
eall seo sibgedrihtsomod ætgædere
215 maran mægenes,oð Moyses bebead
eorlas on uhttidærnum bemum
folc somnigean,frecan arisan,
habban heora hlencan,hycgan on ellen,
beran beorht searo,beacnum cigean
220 sweot sande near.Snelle gemundon
weardas wigleoð,werod wæs gefysed,
brudon ofer burgum,(byman gehyrdon),
flotan feldhusum,fyrd wæs on ofste.
Siððan hie getealdonwið þam teonhete
225 on þam forðhergefeðan twelfe
moderofra;mægen wæs onhrered.
Wæs on anra gehwamæðelan cynnes
alesen under lindumleoda duguðe
on folcgetælfiftig cista;
230 hæfde cista gehwilccuðes werodes
garberendra,guðfremmendra,
X hund geteled,tireadigra.
þæt wæs wiglic werod;wace ne gretton
in þæt rincgetælræswan herges,
235 þa þe for geoguðegyt ne mihton
under bordhreoðanbreostnet wera
wið flane feondfolmum werigean,
ne him bealubennegebiden hæfdon
ofer linde lærig,licwunde swor,
240 gylpplegan gares.Gamele ne moston,
hare heaðorincas,hilde onþeon,
gif him modheapummægen swiðrade,
ac hie be wæstmumon wig curon,
hu in leodscipelæstan wolde
245 mod mid aran,eac þan mægnes cræft,
garbeames feng.
þa wæs handrofrahere ætgædere,
fus forðwegas.Fana up gerad,
beama beorhtost;bidon ealle þa gen
250 hwonne siðbodasæstreamum neah
leoht ofer lindumlyftedoras bræc.
Ahleop þa for hæleðumhildecalla,
bald beohata,bord up ahof,
heht þa folctoganfyrde gestillan,
255 þenden modiges meðelmonige gehyrdon.
Wolde reordigeanrices hyrde
ofer herecistehalgan stefne,
werodes wisawurðmyndum spræc:
"Ne beoð ge þy forhtran,þeah þe Faraon brohte
260 sweordwigendraside hergas,
eorla unrim!Him eallum wile
mihtig drihtenþurh mine hand
to dæge þissumdædlean gyfan,
þæt hie lifigendeleng ne moton
265 ægnian mid yrmðumIsrahela cyn.
Ne willað eow andrædandeade feðan,
fæge ferhðlocan,fyrst is æt ende
lænes lifes.Eow is lar godes
abroden of breostum.Ic on beteran ræd,
270 þæt ge gewurðienwuldres aldor,
and eow liffreanlissa bidde,
sigora gesynto,þær ge siðien.
þis is se eceaAbrahames god,
frumsceafta frea,se ðas fyrd wereð,
275 modig and mægenrof,mid þære miclan hand."
Hof ða for hergumhlude stefne
lifigendra leod,þa he to leodum spræc:
"Hwæt, ge nu eagum toon lociað,
folca leofost,færwundra sum,
280 hu ic sylfa slohand þeos swiðre hand
grene tacnegarsecges deop.
Yð up færeð,ofstum wyrceð
wæter wealfæsten.Wegas syndon dryge,
haswe herestræta,holm gerymed,
285 ealde staðolas,þa ic ær ne gefrægn
ofer middangeardmen geferan,
fage feldas,þa forð heonon
in ece tidyðe þeahton,
sælde sægrundas.Suðwind fornam
290 bæðweges blæst,brim is areafod,
sand sæcir spaw.Ic wat soð gere
þæt eow mihtig godmiltse gecyðde,
eorlas ærglade.Ofest is selost
þæt ge of feondafæðme weorðen,
295 nu se agendup arærde
reade streamasin randgebeorh.
Syndon þa foreweallasfægre gestepte,
wrætlicu wægfaru,oð wolcna hrof."
æfter þam wordumwerod eall aras,
300 modigra mægen.Mere stille bad.
Hofon herecystehwite linde,
segnas on sande.Sæweall astah,
uplang gestodwið Israhelum
andægne fyrst.Wæs seo eorla gedriht
305 anes modes,
fæstum fæðmumfreoðowære heold.
Nalles hige gehyrdonhaliges lare,
siððan leofes leoþlæste near
sweg swiðrodeand sances bland.
310 þa þæt feorðe cynfyrmest eode,
wod on wægstream,wigan on heape,
ofer grenne grund,Iudisc feða
on oretteon uncuð gelad
for his mægwinum.Swa him mihtig god
315 þæs dægweorcesdeop lean forgeald,
siððan him gesældesigorworca hreð,
þæt he ealdordomagan sceolde
ofer cynericu,cneowmaga blæd.
Hæfdon him to segne,þa hie on sund stigon,
320 ofer bordhreoðanbeacen aræred
in þam garheape,gyldenne leon,
drihtfolca mæst,deora cenost.
Be þam herewisanhynðo ne woldon
be him lifigendumlange þolian,
325 þonne hie to guðegarwudu rærdon
ðeoda ænigre.þracu wæs on ore,
heard handplega,hægsteald modige
wæpna wælslihtes,wigend unforhte,
bilswaðu blodige,beadumægnes ræs,
330 grimhelma gegrind,þær Iudas for.
æfter þære fyrdeflota modgade,
Rubenes sunu.Randas bæron
sæwicingasofer sealtne mersc,
manna menio;micel angetrum
335 eode unforht.He his ealdordom
synnum aswefede,þæt he siðor for
on leofes last.Him on leodsceare
frumbearnes rihtfreobroðor oðþah,
ead and æðelo;he wæs gearu swa þeah.
340 þær forð æfter himfolca þryðum
sunu Simeonessweotum comon;
þridde þeodmægen(þufas wundon
ofer garfare)guðcyste onþrang
deawig sceaftum.Dægwoma becwom
345 ofer garsecge,godes beacna sum,
morgen mæretorht;mægen forð gewat.
þa þær folcmægenfor æfter oðrum,
isernhergum.An wisode
mægenþrymmum mæst,þy he mære wearð,
350 on forðwegasfolc æfter wolcnum,
cynn æfter cynne.Cuðe æghwilc
mægburga riht,swa him Moises bead,
eorla æðelo.Him wæs an fæder,
leof leodfruma,landriht geþah,
355 frod on ferhðe,freomagum leof.
Cende cneowsibbecenra manna
heahfædera sum,halige þeode,
Israela cyn,onriht godes,
swa þæt orþancumealde reccað
360 þa þe mægburgemæst gefrunon,
frumcyn feora,fæderæðelo gehwæs.
Niwe flodasNoe oferlað,
þrymfæst þeoden,mid his þrim sunum,
þone deopestandrencefloda
365 þara ðe gewurdeon woruldrice.
Hæfde him on hreðrehalige treowa;
forþon he gelæddeofer lagustreamas
maðmhorda mæst,mine gefræge.
On feorhgebeorhfoldan hæfde
370 eallum eorðcynneece lafe,
frumcneow gehwæs,fæder and moder
tuddorteondra,geteled rime
mismicelraþonne men cunnon,
snottor sæleoda.Eac þon sæda gehwilc
375 on bearm scipesbeornas feredon,
þara þe underheofonum hæleð bryttigað.
Swa þæt wise menwordum secgað
þæt from Noenigoða wære
fæder Abrahameson folctale.
380 þæt is se Abrahamse him engla god
naman niwan asceop;eac þon neah and feor
halige heapasin gehyld bebead,
werþeoda geweald;he on wræce lifde.
Siððan he gelæddeleofost feora
385 haliges hæsum;heahlond stigon
sibgemagas,on Seone beorh.
Wære hie þær fundon,wuldor gesawon,
halige heahtreowe,swa hæleð gefrunon.
þær eft se snottrasunu Dauides,
390 wuldorfæst cyning,witgan larum
getimbredetempel gode,
alh haligne,eorðcyninga
se wisestaon woruldrice,
heahst and haligost,hæleðum gefrægost,
395 mæst and mærost,þara þe manna bearn,
fira æfter foldan,folmum geworhte.
To þam meðelstedemagan gelædde
Abraham Isaac.Adfyr onbran;
fyrst ferhðbanano þy fægenra wæs.
400 Wolde þone lastweardlige gesyllan,
in bælblysebeorna selost,
his swæsne sunuto sigetibre,
angan ofer eorðanyrfelafe,
feores frofre,ða he swa forð gebad,
405 leodum to lafe,langsumne hiht.
He þæt gecyðde,þa he þone cniht genam
fæste mid folmum,folccuð geteag
ealde lafe,(ecg grymetode),
þæt he him lifdagasleofran ne wisse
410 þonne he hyrdeheofoncyninge.
Up aræmdeAbraham þa;
se eorl wolde sleaneaferan sinne
unweaxenne,ecgum reodan
magan mid mece,gif hine metod lete.
415 Ne wolde him beorht fæderbearn ætniman,
halig tiber,ac mid handa befeng.
þa him styran cwomstefn of heofonum,
wuldres hleoðor,word æfter spræc:
"Ne sleh þu, Abraham,þin agen bearn,
420 sunu mid sweorde!Soð is gecyðed,
nu þin cunnodecyning alwihta,
þæt þu wið waldendwære heolde,
fæste treowe,seo þe freoðo sceal
in lifdagumlengest weorðan,
425 awa to aldreunswiciendo.
Hu þearf mannes sunumaran treowe?
Ne behwylfan mægheofon and eorðe
his wuldres word,widdra and siddra
þonne befæðman mægefoldan sceattas,
430 eorðan ymbhwyrftand uprodor,
garsecges ginand þeos geomre lyft.
He að swereð,engla þeoden,
wyrda waldendand wereda god,
soðfæst sigora,þurh his sylfes lif,
435 þæt þines cynnesand cneowmaga,
randwiggendra,rim ne cunnon,
yldo ofer eorðan,ealle cræfte
to gesecgennesoðum wordum,
nymðe hwylc þæs snottorin sefan weorðe
440 þæt he ana mægeealle geriman
stanas on eorðan,steorran on heofonum,
sæbeorga sand,sealte yða;
ac hie gesittaðbe sæm tweonum
oð Egipteincaðeode
445 land Cananea,leode þine,
freobearn fæder,folca selost."
Folc wæs afæred,flodegsa becwom
gastas geomre,geofon deaðe hweop.
Wæron beorhhliðublode bestemed,
450 holm heolfre spaw,hream wæs on yðum,
wæter wæpna ful,wælmist astah.
Wæron Egypteeft oncyrde,
flugon forhtigende,fær ongeton,
woldon herebleaðehamas findan,
455 gylp wearð gnornra.Him ongen genap
atol yða gewealc,ne ðær ænig becwom
herges to hame,ac behindan beleac
wyrd mid wæge.þær ær wegas lagon,
mere modgode,mægen wæs adrenced.
460 Streamas stodon,storm up gewat
heah to heofonum,herewopa mæst.
Laðe cyrmdon,(lyft up geswearc),
fægum stæfnum,flod blod gewod.
Randbyrig wæron rofene,rodor swipode
465 meredeaða mæst,modige swulton,
cyningas on corðre,cyre swiðrode
sæs æt ende.Wigbord scinon
heah ofer hæleðum,holmweall astah,
merestream modig.Mægen wæs on cwealme
470 fæste gefeterod,forðganges weg
searwum æsæled,sand basnodon,
witodre fyrde,hwonne waðema stream,
sincalda sæ,sealtum yðum
æflastum gewunaece staðulas,
475 nacud nydboda,neosan come,
fah feðegast,se ðe feondum geneop.
Wæs seo hæwene lyftheolfre geblanden,
brim berstendeblodegesan hweop,
sæmanna sið,oðþæt soð metod
480 þurh Moyses handmodge rymde,
wide wæðde,wælfæðmum sweop.
Flod famgode,fæge crungon,
lagu land gefeol,lyft wæs onhrered,
wicon weallfæsten,wægas burston,
485 multon meretorras,þa se mihtiga sloh
mid halige hand,heofonrices weard,
on werbeamas.Wlance ðeode
ne mihton forhabbanhelpendra pað,
merestreames mod,ac he manegum gesceod
490 gyllende gryre.Garsecg wedde,
up ateah, on sleap.Egesan stodon,
weollon wælbenna.Witrod gefeol
heah of heofonumhandweorc godes,
famigbosmaflodwearde sloh,
495 unhleowan wæg,alde mece,
þæt ðy deaðdrepedrihte swæfon,
synfullra sweot.Sawlum lunnon
fæste befarene,flodblac here,
siððan hie on bugonbrun yppinge,
500 modewæga mæst.Mægen eall gedreas
ða gedrencte wærondugoð Egypta,
Faraon mid his folcum.He onfond hraðe,
siððan grund gestahgodes andsaca,
þæt wæs mihtigramereflodes weard;
505 wolde heorufæðmumhilde gesceadan,
yrre and egesfull.Egyptum wearð
þæs dægweorcesdeop lean gesceod,
forðam þæs herigesham eft ne com
ealles ungrundesænig to lafe,
510 þætte sið heorasecgan moste,
bodigean æfter burgumbealospella mæst,
hordwearda hryre,hæleða cwenum,
ac þa mægenþreatasmeredeað geswealh,
spelbodan eac.Se ðe sped ahte,
515 ageat gylp wera.Hie wið god wunnon!
þanon Israhelumece rædas
on merehwearfeMoyses sægde,
heahþungen wer,halige spræce,
deop ærende.Dægword nemnað
520 swa gyt werðeode,on gewritum findað
doma gehwilcne,þara ðe him drihten bebead
on þam siðfatesoðum wordum,
gif onlucan wilelifes wealhstod,
beorht in breostum,banhuses weard,
525 ginfæsten godgastes cægon.
Run bið gerecenod,ræd forð gæð,
hafað wislicuword on fæðme,
wile meagollicemodum tæcan
þæt we gesne ne syngodes þeodscipes,
530 metodes miltsa.He us ma onlyhð,
nu us bocerasbeteran secgað
lengran lifwynna.þis is læne dream,
wommum awyrged,wreccum alyfed,
earmra anbid.Eðellease
535 þysne gystselegihðum healdað,
murnað on mode,manhus witon
fæst under foldan,þær bið fyr and wyrm,
open ece scræf.Yfela gehwylces
swa nu regnþeofasrice dælað,
540 yldo oððe ærdeað.Eftwyrd cymð,
mægenþrymma mæstofer middangeard,
dæg dædum fah.Drihten sylfa
on þam meðelstedemanegum demeð,
þonne he soðfæstrasawla lædeð,
545 eadige gastas,on uprodor,
þær is leoht and lif,eac þon lissa blæd;
dugoð on dreamedrihten herigað,
weroda wuldorcyning,to widan feore.
Swa reordoderæda gemyndig
550 manna mildost,mihtum swiðed,
hludan stefne;here stille bad
witodes willan,wundor ongeton,
modiges muðhæl;he to mænegum spræc:
"Micel is þeos menigeo,mægenwisa trum,
555 fullesta mæst,se ðas fare lædeð;
hafað us on Cananeacyn gelyfed
burh and beagas,brade rice;
wile nu gelæstanþæt he lange gehet
mid aðsware,engla drihten,
560 in fyrndagumfæderyncynne,
gif ge gehealdaðhalige lare,
þæt ge feonda gehwoneforð ofergangað,
gesittað sigericebe sæm tweonum,
beorselas beorna.Bið eower blæd micel!"
565 æfter þam wordumwerod wæs on salum,
sungon sigebyman,(segnas stodon),
on fægerne sweg;folc wæs on lande,
hæfde wuldres beamwerud gelæded,
halige heapas,on hild godes.
570 Life gefegonþa hie oðlæded hæfdon
feorh of feonda dome,þeah ðe hie hit frecne geneðdon,
weras under wætera hrofas.Gesawon hie þær weallas standan,
ealle him brimu blodige þuhton,þurh þa heora beadosearo wægon.
Hreðdon hildespelle,siððan hie þam herge wiðforon;
575 hofon hereþreatashlude stefne,
for þam dædweorcedrihten heredon,
weras wuldres sang;wif on oðrum,
folcsweota mæst,fyrdleoð golan
aclum stefnum,eallwundra fela.
580 þa wæs eðfyndeAfrisc meowle
on geofones staðegolde geweorðod.
Handa hofonhalswurðunge,
bliðe wæron,bote gesawon,
heddon herereafes,hæft wæs onsæled.
585 Ongunnon sælafesegnum dælan
on yðlafe,ealde madmas,
reaf and randas.Heo on riht sceodon
gold and godweb,Iosepes gestreon,
wera wuldorgesteald.Werigend lagon
590 on deaðstede,drihtfolca mæst.
ofer middangeardMoyses domas,
wræclico wordriht,wera cneorissum,—
in uprodoreadigra gehwam
5 æfter bealusiðebote lifes,
lifigendra gehwamlangsumne ræd,—
hæleðum secgan.Gehyre se ðe wille!
þone on westenneweroda drihten,
soðfæst cyning,mid his sylfes miht
10 gewyrðode,and him wundra fela,
ece alwalda,in æht forgeaf.
He wæs leof gode,leoda aldor,
horsc and hreðergleaw,herges wisa,
freom folctoga.Faraones cyn,
15 godes andsacan,gyrdwite band,
þær him gesealdesigora waldend,
modgum magoræswan,his maga feorh,
onwist eðles,Abrahames sunum.
Heah wæs þæt handleanand him hold frea,
20 gesealde wæpna gewealdwið wraðra gryre,
ofercom mid þy campecneomaga fela,
feonda folcriht.ða wæs forma sið
þæt hine weroda godwordum nægde,
þær he him gesægdesoðwundra fela,
25 hu þas woruld worhtewitig drihten,
eorðan ymbhwyrftand uprodor,
gesette sigerice,and his sylfes naman,
ðone yldo bearnær ne cuðon,
frod fædera cyn,þeah hie fela wiston.
30 Hæfde he þa geswiðedsoðum cræftum
and gewurðodnewerodes aldor,
Faraones feond,on forðwegas.
þa wæs ingereealdum witum
deaðe gedrenceddrihtfolca mæst;
35 hordwearda hryreheaf wæs geniwad,
swæfon seledreamas,since berofene.
Hæfde mansceaðanæt middere niht
frecne gefylled,frumbearna fela,
abrocene burhweardas.Bana wide scrað,
40 lað leodhata,land drysmyde
deadra hræwum,dugoð forð gewat,
wop wæs wide,worulddreama lyt.
Wæron hleahtorsmiðumhanda belocene,
alyfed laðsiðleode gretan;
45 folc ferende,feond wæs bereafod,
hergas on helle.Heofung þider becom,
druron deofolgyld.Dæg wæs mære
ofer middangeardþa seo mengeo for.
Swa þæs fæsten dreahfela missera,
50 ealdwerige,Egypta folc,
þæs þe hie wideferðwyrnan þohton
Moyses magum,gif hie metod lete,
on langne lustleofes siðes.
Fyrd wæs gefysed,from se ðe lædde,
55 modig magoræswa,mægburh heora.
Oferfor he mid þy folcefæstena worn,
land and leodweardlaðra manna,
enge anpaðas,uncuð gelad,
oðþæt hie on Guðmyrcegearwe bæron,
60 (wæron land heoralyfthelme beþeaht),
mearchofu morheald.Moyses ofer þa,
fela meoringa,fyrde gelædde.
Heht þa ymb twa nihttirfæste hæleð,
siððan hie feondumoðfaren hæfdon,
65 ymbwicigeanwerodes bearhtme
mid ælfereæthanes byrig,
mægnes mæstemearclandum on.
Nearwe genyddonon norðwegas,
wiston him be suðanSigelwara land,
70 forbærned burhhleoðu,brune leode,
hatum heofoncolum.þær halig god
wið færbrynefolc gescylde,
bælce oferbræddebyrnendne heofon,
halgan nettehatwendne lyft.
75 Hæfde wederwolcenwidum fæðmum
eorðan and uprodorefne gedæled,
lædde leodwerod,ligfyr adranc,
hate heofontorht.Hæleð wafedon,
drihta gedrymost.Dægsceades hleo
80 wand ofer wolcnum;hæfde witig god
sunnan siðfætsegle ofertolden,
swa þa mæstrapasmen ne cuðon,
ne ða seglrodegeseon meahton,
eorðbuendeealle cræfte,
85 hu afæstnod wæsfeldhusa mæst,
siððan he mid wuldregeweorðode
þeodenholde.þa wæs þridda wic
folce to frofre.Fyrd eall geseah
hu þær hlifedonhalige seglas,
90 lyftwundor leoht;leode ongeton,
dugoð Israhela,þæt þær drihten cwom
weroda drihten,wicsteal metan.
Him beforan foranfyr and wolcen
in beorhtrodor,beamas twegen,
95 þara æghwæðerefngedælde
heahþegnungahaliges gastes,
deormodra siðdagum and nihtum.
þa ic on morgen gefrægnmodes rofan
hebban herebymanhludan stefnum,
100 wuldres woman.Werod eall aras,
modigra mægen,swa him Moyses bebead,
mære magoræswa,metodes folce,
fus fyrdgetrum.Forð gesawon
lifes latþeowlifweg metan;
105 swegl siðe weold,sæmen æfter
foron flodwege.Folc wæs on salum,
hlud herges cyrm.Heofonbeacen astah
æfena gehwam,oðer wundor,
syllic æfter sunnansetlrade beheold,
110 ofer leodwerumlige scinan,
byrnende beam.Blace stodon
ofer sceotendumscire leoman;
scinon scyldhreoðan,sceado swiðredon,
neowle nihtscuwanneah ne mihton
115 heolstor ahydan;heofoncandel barn.
Niwe nihtweardnyde sceolde
wician ofer weredum,þy læs him westengryre,
har hæðbroga,holmegum wederum
on ferclammeferhð getwæfde.
120 Hæfde foregengafyrene loccas,
blace beamas;bellegsan hweop
in þam hereþreate,hatan lige,
þæt he on westennewerod forbærnde,
nymðe hie modhwateMoyses hyrde.
125 Scean scir werod,scyldas lixton,
gesawon randwiganrihte stræte,
segn ofer sweoton,oðþæt sæfæsten
landes æt endeleodmægne forstod,
fus on forðweg.Fyrdwic aras;
130 wyrpton hie werige,wiste genægdon
modige meteþegnas,hyra mægen beton.
Bræddon æfter beorgum,siððan byme sang,
flotan feldhusum.þa wæs feorðe wic,
randwigena ræst,be þan readan sæ.
135 ðær on fyrd hyrafærspell becwom,
oht inlende.Egsan stodan,
wælgryre weroda;wræcmon gebad
laðne lastweard,se ðe him lange ær
eðelleasumonnied gescraf,
140 wean witum fæst.Wære ne gymdon,
ðeah þe se yldra cyningær ge...
þa wearð yrfeweardingefolca,
manna æfter maðmum,þæt he swa miceles geðah.
Ealles þæs forgetonsiððan grame wurdon
145 Egypta cynymbe antwig;
ða heo his mægwinummorðor fremedon,
wroht berenedon,wære fræton.
Wæron heaðowylmasheortan getenge,
mihtmod wera;manum treowum
150 woldon hie þæt feorhleanfacne gyldan,
þætte hie þæt dægweorcdreore gebohte,
Moyses leode,þær him mihtig god
on ðam spildsiðespede forgefe.
þa him eorla modortrywe wearð
155 siððan hie gesawonof suðwegum
fyrd Faraonisforð ongangan,
oferholt wegan,eored lixan,
(garas trymedon,guð hwearfode,
blicon bordhreoðan,byman sungon),
160 þufas þunian,þeod mearc tredan,
on hwæl
Hreopon herefugolas,hilde grædige,
deawigfeðereofer drihtneum,
wonn wælceasega.Wulfas sungon
165 atol æfenleoðætes on wenan,
carleasan deor,cwyldrof beodan
on laðra lastleodmægnes fyl.
Hreopon mearcweardasmiddum nihtum,
fleah fæge gast,folc wæs gehæged.
170 Hwilum of þam werodewlance þegnas
mæton milpaðasmeara bogum.
Him þær segncyningwið þone segn foran,
manna þengel,mearcþreate rad;
guðweard gumenagrimhelm gespeon,
175 cyning cinberge,(cumbol lixton),
wiges on wenum,wælhlencan sceoc,
het his herecistehealdan georne
fæst fyrdgetrum.Freond onsegon
laðum eaganlandmanna cyme.
180 Ymb hine wægonwigend unforhte,
hare heorowulfashilde gretton,
þurstige þræcwiges,þeodenholde.
Hæfde him alesenleoda dugeðe
tireadigratwa þusendo,
185 þæt wæron cyningasand cneowmagas,
on þæt eade riht,æðelum deore.
Forðon anra gehwilcut alædde
wæpnedcynnes,wigan æghwilcne
þara þe he on ðam fyrstefindan mihte.
190 Wæron ingemenealle ætgædere,
cyningas on corðre.Cuð oft gebad
horn on heapeto hwæs hægstealdmen,
guðþreat gumena,gearwe bæron.
Swa þær eorp werod,ecan læddon,
195 lað æfter laðum,leodmægnes worn,
þusendmælum;þider wæron fuse.
Hæfdon hie gemyntedto þam mægenheapum
to þam ærdægeIsrahela cynn
billum abreotanon hyra broðorgyld.
200 Forþon wæs in wicumwop up ahafen,
atol æfenleoð,egesan stodon,
weredon wælnet,þa se woma cwom.
Flugon frecne spel,feond wæs anmod,
werud wæs wigblac,oðþæt wlance forsceaf
205 mihtig engel,se ða menigeo beheold,
þæt þær gelaðe mid himleng ne mihton
geseon tosomne;sið wæs gedæled.
Hæfde nydfaranihtlangne fyrst,
þeah ðe him on healfa gehwamhettend seomedon,
210 mægen oððe merestream;nahton maran hwyrft.
Wæron orwenaneðelrihtes,
sæton æfter beorgumin blacum reafum,
wean on wenum;wæccende bad
eall seo sibgedrihtsomod ætgædere
215 maran mægenes,oð Moyses bebead
eorlas on uhttidærnum bemum
folc somnigean,frecan arisan,
habban heora hlencan,hycgan on ellen,
beran beorht searo,beacnum cigean
220 sweot sande near.Snelle gemundon
weardas wigleoð,werod wæs gefysed,
brudon ofer burgum,(byman gehyrdon),
flotan feldhusum,fyrd wæs on ofste.
Siððan hie getealdonwið þam teonhete
225 on þam forðhergefeðan twelfe
moderofra;mægen wæs onhrered.
Wæs on anra gehwamæðelan cynnes
alesen under lindumleoda duguðe
on folcgetælfiftig cista;
230 hæfde cista gehwilccuðes werodes
garberendra,guðfremmendra,
X hund geteled,tireadigra.
þæt wæs wiglic werod;wace ne gretton
in þæt rincgetælræswan herges,
235 þa þe for geoguðegyt ne mihton
under bordhreoðanbreostnet wera
wið flane feondfolmum werigean,
ne him bealubennegebiden hæfdon
ofer linde lærig,licwunde swor,
240 gylpplegan gares.Gamele ne moston,
hare heaðorincas,hilde onþeon,
gif him modheapummægen swiðrade,
ac hie be wæstmumon wig curon,
hu in leodscipelæstan wolde
245 mod mid aran,eac þan mægnes cræft,
garbeames feng.
þa wæs handrofrahere ætgædere,
fus forðwegas.Fana up gerad,
beama beorhtost;bidon ealle þa gen
250 hwonne siðbodasæstreamum neah
leoht ofer lindumlyftedoras bræc.
Ahleop þa for hæleðumhildecalla,
bald beohata,bord up ahof,
heht þa folctoganfyrde gestillan,
255 þenden modiges meðelmonige gehyrdon.
Wolde reordigeanrices hyrde
ofer herecistehalgan stefne,
werodes wisawurðmyndum spræc:
"Ne beoð ge þy forhtran,þeah þe Faraon brohte
260 sweordwigendraside hergas,
eorla unrim!Him eallum wile
mihtig drihtenþurh mine hand
to dæge þissumdædlean gyfan,
þæt hie lifigendeleng ne moton
265 ægnian mid yrmðumIsrahela cyn.
Ne willað eow andrædandeade feðan,
fæge ferhðlocan,fyrst is æt ende
lænes lifes.Eow is lar godes
abroden of breostum.Ic on beteran ræd,
270 þæt ge gewurðienwuldres aldor,
and eow liffreanlissa bidde,
sigora gesynto,þær ge siðien.
þis is se eceaAbrahames god,
frumsceafta frea,se ðas fyrd wereð,
275 modig and mægenrof,mid þære miclan hand."
Hof ða for hergumhlude stefne
lifigendra leod,þa he to leodum spræc:
"Hwæt, ge nu eagum toon lociað,
folca leofost,færwundra sum,
280 hu ic sylfa slohand þeos swiðre hand
grene tacnegarsecges deop.
Yð up færeð,ofstum wyrceð
wæter wealfæsten.Wegas syndon dryge,
haswe herestræta,holm gerymed,
285 ealde staðolas,þa ic ær ne gefrægn
ofer middangeardmen geferan,
fage feldas,þa forð heonon
in ece tidyðe þeahton,
sælde sægrundas.Suðwind fornam
290 bæðweges blæst,brim is areafod,
sand sæcir spaw.Ic wat soð gere
þæt eow mihtig godmiltse gecyðde,
eorlas ærglade.Ofest is selost
þæt ge of feondafæðme weorðen,
295 nu se agendup arærde
reade streamasin randgebeorh.
Syndon þa foreweallasfægre gestepte,
wrætlicu wægfaru,oð wolcna hrof."
æfter þam wordumwerod eall aras,
300 modigra mægen.Mere stille bad.
Hofon herecystehwite linde,
segnas on sande.Sæweall astah,
uplang gestodwið Israhelum
andægne fyrst.Wæs seo eorla gedriht
305 anes modes,
fæstum fæðmumfreoðowære heold.
Nalles hige gehyrdonhaliges lare,
siððan leofes leoþlæste near
sweg swiðrodeand sances bland.
310 þa þæt feorðe cynfyrmest eode,
wod on wægstream,wigan on heape,
ofer grenne grund,Iudisc feða
on oretteon uncuð gelad
for his mægwinum.Swa him mihtig god
315 þæs dægweorcesdeop lean forgeald,
siððan him gesældesigorworca hreð,
þæt he ealdordomagan sceolde
ofer cynericu,cneowmaga blæd.
Hæfdon him to segne,þa hie on sund stigon,
320 ofer bordhreoðanbeacen aræred
in þam garheape,gyldenne leon,
drihtfolca mæst,deora cenost.
Be þam herewisanhynðo ne woldon
be him lifigendumlange þolian,
325 þonne hie to guðegarwudu rærdon
ðeoda ænigre.þracu wæs on ore,
heard handplega,hægsteald modige
wæpna wælslihtes,wigend unforhte,
bilswaðu blodige,beadumægnes ræs,
330 grimhelma gegrind,þær Iudas for.
æfter þære fyrdeflota modgade,
Rubenes sunu.Randas bæron
sæwicingasofer sealtne mersc,
manna menio;micel angetrum
335 eode unforht.He his ealdordom
synnum aswefede,þæt he siðor for
on leofes last.Him on leodsceare
frumbearnes rihtfreobroðor oðþah,
ead and æðelo;he wæs gearu swa þeah.
340 þær forð æfter himfolca þryðum
sunu Simeonessweotum comon;
þridde þeodmægen(þufas wundon
ofer garfare)guðcyste onþrang
deawig sceaftum.Dægwoma becwom
345 ofer garsecge,godes beacna sum,
morgen mæretorht;mægen forð gewat.
þa þær folcmægenfor æfter oðrum,
isernhergum.An wisode
mægenþrymmum mæst,þy he mære wearð,
350 on forðwegasfolc æfter wolcnum,
cynn æfter cynne.Cuðe æghwilc
mægburga riht,swa him Moises bead,
eorla æðelo.Him wæs an fæder,
leof leodfruma,landriht geþah,
355 frod on ferhðe,freomagum leof.
Cende cneowsibbecenra manna
heahfædera sum,halige þeode,
Israela cyn,onriht godes,
swa þæt orþancumealde reccað
360 þa þe mægburgemæst gefrunon,
frumcyn feora,fæderæðelo gehwæs.
Niwe flodasNoe oferlað,
þrymfæst þeoden,mid his þrim sunum,
þone deopestandrencefloda
365 þara ðe gewurdeon woruldrice.
Hæfde him on hreðrehalige treowa;
forþon he gelæddeofer lagustreamas
maðmhorda mæst,mine gefræge.
On feorhgebeorhfoldan hæfde
370 eallum eorðcynneece lafe,
frumcneow gehwæs,fæder and moder
tuddorteondra,geteled rime
mismicelraþonne men cunnon,
snottor sæleoda.Eac þon sæda gehwilc
375 on bearm scipesbeornas feredon,
þara þe underheofonum hæleð bryttigað.
Swa þæt wise menwordum secgað
þæt from Noenigoða wære
fæder Abrahameson folctale.
380 þæt is se Abrahamse him engla god
naman niwan asceop;eac þon neah and feor
halige heapasin gehyld bebead,
werþeoda geweald;he on wræce lifde.
Siððan he gelæddeleofost feora
385 haliges hæsum;heahlond stigon
sibgemagas,on Seone beorh.
Wære hie þær fundon,wuldor gesawon,
halige heahtreowe,swa hæleð gefrunon.
þær eft se snottrasunu Dauides,
390 wuldorfæst cyning,witgan larum
getimbredetempel gode,
alh haligne,eorðcyninga
se wisestaon woruldrice,
heahst and haligost,hæleðum gefrægost,
395 mæst and mærost,þara þe manna bearn,
fira æfter foldan,folmum geworhte.
To þam meðelstedemagan gelædde
Abraham Isaac.Adfyr onbran;
fyrst ferhðbanano þy fægenra wæs.
400 Wolde þone lastweardlige gesyllan,
in bælblysebeorna selost,
his swæsne sunuto sigetibre,
angan ofer eorðanyrfelafe,
feores frofre,ða he swa forð gebad,
405 leodum to lafe,langsumne hiht.
He þæt gecyðde,þa he þone cniht genam
fæste mid folmum,folccuð geteag
ealde lafe,(ecg grymetode),
þæt he him lifdagasleofran ne wisse
410 þonne he hyrdeheofoncyninge.
Up aræmdeAbraham þa;
se eorl wolde sleaneaferan sinne
unweaxenne,ecgum reodan
magan mid mece,gif hine metod lete.
415 Ne wolde him beorht fæderbearn ætniman,
halig tiber,ac mid handa befeng.
þa him styran cwomstefn of heofonum,
wuldres hleoðor,word æfter spræc:
"Ne sleh þu, Abraham,þin agen bearn,
420 sunu mid sweorde!Soð is gecyðed,
nu þin cunnodecyning alwihta,
þæt þu wið waldendwære heolde,
fæste treowe,seo þe freoðo sceal
in lifdagumlengest weorðan,
425 awa to aldreunswiciendo.
Hu þearf mannes sunumaran treowe?
Ne behwylfan mægheofon and eorðe
his wuldres word,widdra and siddra
þonne befæðman mægefoldan sceattas,
430 eorðan ymbhwyrftand uprodor,
garsecges ginand þeos geomre lyft.
He að swereð,engla þeoden,
wyrda waldendand wereda god,
soðfæst sigora,þurh his sylfes lif,
435 þæt þines cynnesand cneowmaga,
randwiggendra,rim ne cunnon,
yldo ofer eorðan,ealle cræfte
to gesecgennesoðum wordum,
nymðe hwylc þæs snottorin sefan weorðe
440 þæt he ana mægeealle geriman
stanas on eorðan,steorran on heofonum,
sæbeorga sand,sealte yða;
ac hie gesittaðbe sæm tweonum
oð Egipteincaðeode
445 land Cananea,leode þine,
freobearn fæder,folca selost."
Folc wæs afæred,flodegsa becwom
gastas geomre,geofon deaðe hweop.
Wæron beorhhliðublode bestemed,
450 holm heolfre spaw,hream wæs on yðum,
wæter wæpna ful,wælmist astah.
Wæron Egypteeft oncyrde,
flugon forhtigende,fær ongeton,
woldon herebleaðehamas findan,
455 gylp wearð gnornra.Him ongen genap
atol yða gewealc,ne ðær ænig becwom
herges to hame,ac behindan beleac
wyrd mid wæge.þær ær wegas lagon,
mere modgode,mægen wæs adrenced.
460 Streamas stodon,storm up gewat
heah to heofonum,herewopa mæst.
Laðe cyrmdon,(lyft up geswearc),
fægum stæfnum,flod blod gewod.
Randbyrig wæron rofene,rodor swipode
465 meredeaða mæst,modige swulton,
cyningas on corðre,cyre swiðrode
sæs æt ende.Wigbord scinon
heah ofer hæleðum,holmweall astah,
merestream modig.Mægen wæs on cwealme
470 fæste gefeterod,forðganges weg
searwum æsæled,sand basnodon,
witodre fyrde,hwonne waðema stream,
sincalda sæ,sealtum yðum
æflastum gewunaece staðulas,
475 nacud nydboda,neosan come,
fah feðegast,se ðe feondum geneop.
Wæs seo hæwene lyftheolfre geblanden,
brim berstendeblodegesan hweop,
sæmanna sið,oðþæt soð metod
480 þurh Moyses handmodge rymde,
wide wæðde,wælfæðmum sweop.
Flod famgode,fæge crungon,
lagu land gefeol,lyft wæs onhrered,
wicon weallfæsten,wægas burston,
485 multon meretorras,þa se mihtiga sloh
mid halige hand,heofonrices weard,
on werbeamas.Wlance ðeode
ne mihton forhabbanhelpendra pað,
merestreames mod,ac he manegum gesceod
490 gyllende gryre.Garsecg wedde,
up ateah, on sleap.Egesan stodon,
weollon wælbenna.Witrod gefeol
heah of heofonumhandweorc godes,
famigbosmaflodwearde sloh,
495 unhleowan wæg,alde mece,
þæt ðy deaðdrepedrihte swæfon,
synfullra sweot.Sawlum lunnon
fæste befarene,flodblac here,
siððan hie on bugonbrun yppinge,
500 modewæga mæst.Mægen eall gedreas
ða gedrencte wærondugoð Egypta,
Faraon mid his folcum.He onfond hraðe,
siððan grund gestahgodes andsaca,
þæt wæs mihtigramereflodes weard;
505 wolde heorufæðmumhilde gesceadan,
yrre and egesfull.Egyptum wearð
þæs dægweorcesdeop lean gesceod,
forðam þæs herigesham eft ne com
ealles ungrundesænig to lafe,
510 þætte sið heorasecgan moste,
bodigean æfter burgumbealospella mæst,
hordwearda hryre,hæleða cwenum,
ac þa mægenþreatasmeredeað geswealh,
spelbodan eac.Se ðe sped ahte,
515 ageat gylp wera.Hie wið god wunnon!
þanon Israhelumece rædas
on merehwearfeMoyses sægde,
heahþungen wer,halige spræce,
deop ærende.Dægword nemnað
520 swa gyt werðeode,on gewritum findað
doma gehwilcne,þara ðe him drihten bebead
on þam siðfatesoðum wordum,
gif onlucan wilelifes wealhstod,
beorht in breostum,banhuses weard,
525 ginfæsten godgastes cægon.
Run bið gerecenod,ræd forð gæð,
hafað wislicuword on fæðme,
wile meagollicemodum tæcan
þæt we gesne ne syngodes þeodscipes,
530 metodes miltsa.He us ma onlyhð,
nu us bocerasbeteran secgað
lengran lifwynna.þis is læne dream,
wommum awyrged,wreccum alyfed,
earmra anbid.Eðellease
535 þysne gystselegihðum healdað,
murnað on mode,manhus witon
fæst under foldan,þær bið fyr and wyrm,
open ece scræf.Yfela gehwylces
swa nu regnþeofasrice dælað,
540 yldo oððe ærdeað.Eftwyrd cymð,
mægenþrymma mæstofer middangeard,
dæg dædum fah.Drihten sylfa
on þam meðelstedemanegum demeð,
þonne he soðfæstrasawla lædeð,
545 eadige gastas,on uprodor,
þær is leoht and lif,eac þon lissa blæd;
dugoð on dreamedrihten herigað,
weroda wuldorcyning,to widan feore.
Swa reordoderæda gemyndig
550 manna mildost,mihtum swiðed,
hludan stefne;here stille bad
witodes willan,wundor ongeton,
modiges muðhæl;he to mænegum spræc:
"Micel is þeos menigeo,mægenwisa trum,
555 fullesta mæst,se ðas fare lædeð;
hafað us on Cananeacyn gelyfed
burh and beagas,brade rice;
wile nu gelæstanþæt he lange gehet
mid aðsware,engla drihten,
560 in fyrndagumfæderyncynne,
gif ge gehealdaðhalige lare,
þæt ge feonda gehwoneforð ofergangað,
gesittað sigericebe sæm tweonum,
beorselas beorna.Bið eower blæd micel!"
565 æfter þam wordumwerod wæs on salum,
sungon sigebyman,(segnas stodon),
on fægerne sweg;folc wæs on lande,
hæfde wuldres beamwerud gelæded,
halige heapas,on hild godes.
570 Life gefegonþa hie oðlæded hæfdon
feorh of feonda dome,þeah ðe hie hit frecne geneðdon,
weras under wætera hrofas.Gesawon hie þær weallas standan,
ealle him brimu blodige þuhton,þurh þa heora beadosearo wægon.
Hreðdon hildespelle,siððan hie þam herge wiðforon;
575 hofon hereþreatashlude stefne,
for þam dædweorcedrihten heredon,
weras wuldres sang;wif on oðrum,
folcsweota mæst,fyrdleoð golan
aclum stefnum,eallwundra fela.
580 þa wæs eðfyndeAfrisc meowle
on geofones staðegolde geweorðod.
Handa hofonhalswurðunge,
bliðe wæron,bote gesawon,
heddon herereafes,hæft wæs onsæled.
585 Ongunnon sælafesegnum dælan
on yðlafe,ealde madmas,
reaf and randas.Heo on riht sceodon
gold and godweb,Iosepes gestreon,
wera wuldorgesteald.Werigend lagon
590 on deaðstede,drihtfolca mæst.