Wið Ymbe Nim Eorþan
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Wið ymbe nim eorþan, oferweorp mid þinre swiþran handa under þinum swiþran fet, and cwet:
Fo ic under fot,funde ic hit.
Hwæt, eorðe mægwið ealra wihta gehwilce
and wið andanand wið æminde
and wið þa micelanmannes tungan.
Hwæt, eorðe mægwið ealra wihta gehwilce
and wið andanand wið æminde
and wið þa micelanmannes tungan.
And wiððon forweorp ofer greot, þonne hi swirman, and cweð:
Sitte ge, sigewif,sigað to eorþan!
Næfre ge wildeto wuda fleogan.
Beo ge swa gemindigemines godes,
swa bið manna gehwilcmetes and eþeles.
Næfre ge wildeto wuda fleogan.
Beo ge swa gemindigemines godes,
swa bið manna gehwilcmetes and eþeles.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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