Exodus
Ed. Murray McGillivray. Online Corpus of Old English Poetry (OCOEP). Edition in progress. This file last updated
12/12/07. Note that glosses begin after line 135.
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Hwæt! We feor and neah gefrigen habað
ofer middangeard Moyses domas,
wræclico wordriht, wera cneorissum,--
in uprodor eadigra gehwam
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æfter bealusiðe bote lifes,
lifigendra gehwam langsumne ræd,--
hæleðum secgan. Gehyre se ðe wille!
þone on westenne weroda drihten,
soðfæst cyning, mid his sylfes miht
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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,
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godes andsacan, gyrdwite band,
þær him gesealde sigora waldend,
modgum magoræswan, his maga feorh,
onwist eðles, Abrahames sunum.
Heah wæs þæt handlean and him hold frea,
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gesealde wæpna geweald wið wraðra gryre,
ofercom mid þy campe cneomaga fela,
feonda folcriht. ða wæs forma sið
þæt hine weroda god wordum nægde,
þær he him gesægde soðwundra fela,
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hu þas woruld worhte witig drihten,
eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor,
gesette sigerice, and his sylfes naman,
ðone yldo bearn ær ne cuðon,
frod fædera cyn, þeah hie fela wiston.
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Hæfde he þa geswiðed soðum cræftum
and gewurðodne werodes aldor,
Faraones feond, on forðwegas.
þa wæs ingere ealdum witum
deaðe gedrenced drihtfolca mæst;
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hordwearda hryre heaf wæs geniwad,
swæfon seledreamas, since berofene.
Hæfde mansceaðan æt middere niht
frecne gefylled, frumbearna fela,
abrocene burhweardas. Bana wide scrað,
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lað leodhata, land drysmyde
deadra hræwum, dugoð forð gewat,
wop wæs wide, worulddreama lyt.
wæron hleahtorsmiðum handa belocene,
alyfed laðsið leode gretan;
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folc ferende, feond wæs bereafod,
hergas on helle. Heofung þider becom,
druron deofolgyld. Dæg wæs mære
ofer middangeard þa seo mengeo for.
Swa þæs fæsten dreah fela missera,
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ealdwerige, Egypta folc,
þæs þe hie wideferð wyrnan þohton
Moyses magum, gif hie metod lete,
on langne lust leofes siðes.
Fyrd wæs gefysed, from se ðe lædde,
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modig magoræswa, mægburh heora.
Oferfor he mid þy folce fæstena worn,
land and leodweard laðra manna,
enge anpaðas, uncuð gelad,
oðþæt hie on Guðmyrce gearwe bæron,
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(wæron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht),
mearchofu morheald. Moyses ofer þa,
fela meoringa, fyrde gelædde.
Heht þa ymb twa niht tirfæste hæleð,
siððan hie feondum oðfaren hæfdon,
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ymbwicigean werodes bearhtme
mid ælfere æthanes byrig,
mægnes mæste mearclandum on.
Nearwe genyddon on norðwegas,
wiston him be suðan Sigelwara land,
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forbærned burhhleoðu, brune leode,
hatum heofoncolum. þær halig god
wið færbryne folc gescylde,
bælce oferbrædde byrnendne heofon,
halgan nette hatwendne lyft.
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Hæfde wederwolcen widum fæðmum
eorðan and uprodor efne gedæled,
lædde leodwerod, ligfyr adranc,
hate heofontorht. Hæleð wafedon,
drihta gedrymost. Dægsceades hleo
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wand ofer wolcnum; hæfde witig god
sunnan siðfæt segle ofertolden,
swa þa mæstrapas men ne cuðon,
ne ða seglrode geseon meahton,
eorðbuende ealle cræfte,
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hu afæstnod wæs feldhusa mæst,
siððan he mid wuldre geweorðode
þeodenholde. þa wæs þridda wic
folce to frofre. Fyrd eall geseah
hu þær hlifedon halige seglas,
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lyftwundor leoht; leode ongeton,
dugoð Israhela, þæt þær drihten cwom
weroda drihten, wicsteal metan.
Him beforan foran fyr and wolcen
in beorhtrodor, beamas twegen,
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þara æghwæðer efngedælde
heahþegnunga haliges gastes,
deormodra sið dagum and nihtum.
þa ic on morgen gefrægn modes rofan
hebban herebyman hludan stefnum,
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wuldres woman. Werod eall aras,
modigra mægen, swa him Moyses bebead,
mære magoræswa, metodes folce,
fus fyrdgetrum. Forð gesawon
lifes latþeow lifweg metan;
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swegl siðe weold, sæmen æfter
foron flodwege. Folc wæs on salum,
hlud herges cyrm. Heofonbeacen astah
æfena gehwam, oðer wundor,
syllic æfter sunnan setlrade beheold,
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ofer leodwerum lige scinan,
byrnende beam. Blace stodon
ofer sceotendum scire leoman;
scinon scyldhreoðan, sceado swiðredon,
neowle nihtscuwan neah ne mihton
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heolstor ahydan; heofoncandel barn.
Niwe nihtweard nyde sceolde
wician ofer weredum, þy læs him westengryre,
har hæðbroga, holmegum wederum
on ferclamme ferhð getwæfde.
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Hæfde foregenga fyrene loccas,
blace beamas; bellegsan hweop
in þam hereþreate, hatan lige,
þæt he on westenne werod forbærnde,
nymðe hie modhwate Moyses hyrde.
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Scean scir werod, scyldas lixton,
gesawon randwigan rihte stræte,
segn ofer sweoton, oðþæt sæfæsten
landes æt ende leodmægne forstod,
fus on forðweg. Fyrdwic aras;
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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.
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Ðær
on
fyrd
hyra
færspell
becwom,
oht
inlende.
Egsan
stodan,
wælgryre
weroda;
wræcmon
gebad
laðne
lastweard,
se
ðe
him
lange
ær
eðelleasum
onnied
gescraf,
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wean
witum
fæst.
Wære
ne
gymdon,
ðeah
þe
se
yldra
cyning
ær
ge . . .
[Leaves are missing from the manuscript at this point.]
Þa
wearð
yrfeweard
ingefolca,
manna
æfter
maðmum,
þæt
he
swa
miceles
geðah.
Ealles
þæs
forgeton
siððan
grame
wurdon
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Egypta
cyn
ymbe
antwig;
ða
heo
his
mægwinum
morðor
fremedon,
wroht
berenedon,
wære
fræton.
Wæron
heaðowylmas
heortan
getenge,
mihtmod
wera;
manum
treowum
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woldon
hie
þæt
feorhlean
facne
gyldan,
þætte
hie
þæt
dægweorc
dreore
gebohte,
Moyses
leode,
þær
him
mihtig
god
on
ðam
spildsiðe
spede
forgefe.
Þa
him
eorla
mod
ortrywe
wearð
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siððan
hie
gesawon
of
suðwegum
fyrd
Faraonis
forð
ongangan,
eoferholt
wegan,
eored
lixan,
(garas
trymedon,
guð
hwearfode,
blicon
bordhreoðan,
byman
sungon),
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þufas
þunian,
þeod
mearc
tredan.
On
wæl
hreopon
herefugolas,
hildegrædige,
deawigfeðere
ofer
drihtneum,
wonn
wælceasega.
Wulfas
sungon
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atol
æfenleoð
ætes
on
wenan,
carleasan
deor,
cwyldrof
beodan
on
laðra
last
leodmægnes
fyl.
Hreopon
mearcweardas
middum
nihtum,
fleah
fæge
gast,
folc
wæs
gehnæged.
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Hwilum
of
þam
werode
wlance
þegnas
mæton
milpaðas
meara
bogum.
Him
þær
segncyning
wið
þone
segn
foran,
manna
þengel,
mearcþreate
rad;
guðweard
gumena
grimhelm
gespeon,
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cyning
cinberge,
(cumbol
lixton),
wiges
on
wenum,
wælhlencan
sceoc,
het
his
hereciste
healdan
georne
fæst
fyrdgetrum.
Freond
onsegon
laðum
eagan
landmanna
cyme.
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Ymb
hine
wægon
wigend
unforhte,
hare
heorawulfas
hilde
gretton,
þurstige
þræcwiges,
þeodenholde.
Hæfde
him
alesen
leoda
dugeðe
tireadigra
twa
þusendo,
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þæt
wæron
cyningas
and
cneowmagas,
on
þæt
ealde
riht,
æðelum
deore.
Forðon
anra
gehwilc
ut
alædde
wæpnedcynnes,
wigan
æghwilcne
þara
þe
he
on
ðam
fyrste
findan
mihte.
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wæron
ingemen
ealle
ætgædere,
cyningas
on
corðre.
Cuð
oft
gebad
horn
on
heape
to
hwæs
hægstealdmen,
guðþreat
gumena,
gearwe
bæron.
Swa
þær
eorp
werod,
ecan
læddon,
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lað
æfter
laðum,
leodmægnes
worn,
þusendmælum;
þider
wæron
fuse.
Hæfdon
hie
gemynted
to
þam
mægenheapum
to
þam
ærdæge
Israhela
cynn
billum
abreotan
on
hyra
broðorgyld.
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Forþon
wæs
in
wicum
wop
up
ahafen,
atol
æfenleoð,
egesan
stodon.
Weredon
wælnet,
þa
se
woma
cwom;
flugon
frecne
spel.
Feond
wæs
anmod,
werud
wæs
wigblac,
oðþæt
wlance
forsceaf
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mihtig
engel,
se
ða
menigeo
beheold,
þæt
þær
gelaðe
mid
him
leng
ne
mihton
geseon
tosomne;
sið
wæs
gedæled.
Hæfde
nydfara
nihtlangne
fyrst,
þeah
ðe
him
on
healfa
gehwam
hettend
seomedon.
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Mægen
oððe
merestream:
nahton
maran
hwyrft.
Wæron
orwenan
eðelrihtes,
sæton
æfter
beorgum
in
blacum
reafum,
wean
on
wenum;
wæccende
bad
eall
seo
sibgedriht
somod
ætgædere
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maran
mægenes,
oð
Moyses
bebead
eorlas
on
uhttid
ærnum
bemum
folc
somnigean,
frecan
arisan,
habban
heora
hlencan,
hycgan
on
ellen,
beran
beorht
searo,
beacnum
cigean
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sweot
sande
near.
Snelle
gemundon
weardas
wigleoð,
werod
wæs
gefysed,
brudon
ofer
burgum,
(byman
gehyrdon),
flotan
feldhusum,
fyrd
wæs
on
ofste.
Siððan
hie
getealdon
wið
þam
teonhete
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on
þam
forðherge
feðan
twelfe
mode
rofra;
mægen
wæs
onhrered.
Wæs
on
anra
gehwam
æðelan
cynnes
alesen
under
lindum
leoda
duguðe
on
folcgetæl
fiftig
cista;
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hæfde
cista
gehwilc
cuðes
werodes
garberendra,
guðfremmendra,
X
hund
geteled,
tireadigra.
Þæt
wæs
wiglic
werod.
Wace
ne
gretton
in
þæt
rincgetæl
ræswan
herges,
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þa
þe
for
geoguðe
gyt
ne
mihton
under
bordhreoðan
breostnet
wera
wið
flane
feond
folmum
werigean,
ne
him
bealubenne
gebiden
hæfdon
ofer
linde
lærig,
licwunde
spor,
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gylpplegan
gares.
Gamele
ne
moston,
hare
heaðorincas,
hilde
onþeon,
gif
him
modheapum
mægen
swiðrade,
ac
hie
be
wæstmum
wigheap
curon,
hu
in
leodscipe
læstan
wolde
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mod
mid
aran,
eac
þan
mægnes
cræft,
garbeames
feng
gretan
mihte.
Þa
wæs
handrofra
here
ætgædere,
fus
forðwegas.
Fana
up
gerad,
beama
beorhtost;
bidon
ealle
þa
gen
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hwonne
siðboda
sæstreamum
neah
leoht
ofer
lindum
lyftedoras
bræc.
Ahleop
þa
for
hæleðum
hildecalla,
bald
beadohata,
bord
up
ahof,
heht
þa
folctogan
fyrde
gestillan,
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þenden
modiges
meðel
monige
gehyrdon.
Wolde
reordigean
rices
hyrde
ofer
hereciste
halgan
stefne,
werodes
wisa
wurðmyndum
spræc:
"Ne
beoð
ge
þy
forhtran,
þeah
þe
Faraon
brohte
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sweordwigendra
side
hergas,
eorla
unrim!
Him
eallum
wile
mihtig
drihten
þurh
mine
hand
to
dæge
þissum
dædlean
gyfan,
þæt
hie
lifigende
leng
ne
moton
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ægnian
mid
yrmðum
Israhela
cyn.
Ne
willað
eow
andrædan
deade
feðan,
fæge
ferhðlocan.
Fyrst
is
æt
ende
lænes
lifes.
Eow
is
lar
godes
abroden
of
breostum.
Ic
on
beteran
ræd,
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-
þæt
ge
gewurðien
wuldres
aldor,
and
eow
liffrean
lissa
bidde,
sigora
gesynto,
þær
ge
siðien.
Þis
is
se
ecea
Abrahames
god,
frumsceafta
frea,
se
ðas
fyrd
wereð,
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-
modig
and
mægenrof,
mid
þære
miclan
hand."
Hof
ða
for
hergum
hlude
stefne
lifigendra
þeoden,
þa
he
to
leodum
spræc:
"Hwæt,
ge
nu
eagum
to
on
lociað,
folca
leofost,
færwundra
sum,
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-
hu
ic
sylfa
sloh
and
þeos
swiðre
hand
grene
tacne
garsecges
deop.
Yð
up
færeð,
ofstum
wyrceð
wæter
wealfæsten
Wegas
syndon
dryge,
haswe
herestræta,
holm
gerymed,
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-
ealde
staðolas,
þa
ic
ær
ne
gefrægn
ofer
middangeard
men
geferan.
Fage
feldas,
þa
forð
heonon
in
ece
tid
yðe
þeahton,
sælde
sægrundas.
Suðwind
fornam,
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-
bæðweges
blæst.
Brim
is
areafod,
sand
sæcir
span.
Ic
wat
soð
gere
þæt
eow
mihtig
god
miltse
gecyðde,
eorlas
ærglade.
Ofest
is
selost
þæt
ge
of
feonda
fæðme
weorðen,
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-
nu
se
agend
up
arærde
reade
streamas
in
randgebeorh.
Syndon
þa
foreweallas
fægre
gestepte,
wrætlicu
wægfaru,
oð
wolcna
hrof."
Æfter
þam
wordum
werod
eall
aras,
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-
modigra
mægen.
Mere
stille
bad.
Hofon
herecyste
hwite
linde,
segnas
on
sande.
Sæweall
astah,
uplang
gestod
wið
Israhelum
andægne
fyrst.
Wæs
seo
eorla
gedriht
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-
anes
modes,
fæstum
fæðmum
freoðowære
heold.
Nalles
hige
gehyrdon
haliges
lare,
siððan
leofes
leoþ
læste
near
sweg
swiðrode
and
sances
bland.
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-
Þa
þæt
feorðe
cyn
fyrmest
eode,
wod
on
wægstream,
wigan
on
heape,
ofer
grenne
grund,
Iudisc
feða
on
orette
on
uncuð
gelad
for
his
mægwinum.
Swa
him
mihtig
god
- 315
-
þæs
dægweorces
deop
lean
forgeald,
siððan
him
gesælde
sigorworca
hreð,
þæt
he
ealdordom
agan
sceolde
ofer
cynericu,
cneowmaga
blæd.
Hæfdon
him
to
segne,
þa
hie
on
sund
stigon,
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-
ofer
bordhreoðan
beacen
aræred
in
þam
garheape,
gyldenne
leon,
drihtfolca
mæst,
deora
cenost.
Be
þam
herewisan
hynðo
ne
woldon
be
him
lifigendum
lange
þolian,
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-
þonne
hie
to
guðe
garwudu
rærdon
ðeoda
ænigre.
þracu
wæs
on
ore,
heard
handplega,
hægsteald
modige
wæpna
wælslihtes,
wigend
unforhte,
bilswaðu
blodige,
beadumægnes
ræs,
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-
grimhelma
gegrind,
þær
Iudas
for.
æfter
þære
fyrde
flota
modgade,
Rubenes
sunu.
Randas
bæron
sæwicingas
ofer
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
riht
freobroðor
oðþah,
ead
and
æðelo;
he
wæs
gearu
swa
þeah.
- 340
-
þær
forð
æfter
him
folca
þryðum
sunu
Simeones
sweotum
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
folcmægen
for
æfter
oðrum,
isernhergum.
an
wisode
mægenþrymmum
mæst,
þy
he
mære
wearð,
- 350
-
on
forðwegas
folc
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
cneowsibbe
cenra
manna
heahfædera
sum,
halige
þeode,
Israela
cyn,
onriht
godes,
swa
þæt
orþancum
ealde
reccað
- 360
-
þa
þe
mægburge
mæst
gefrunon,
frumcyn
feora,
fæderæðelo
gehwæs.
Niwe
flodas
Noe
oferlað,
þrymfæst
þeoden,
mid
his
þrim
sunum,
þone
deopestan
drencefloda
- 365
-
þara
ðe
gewurde
on
woruldrice.
Hæfde
him
on
hreðre
halige
treowa;
forþon
he
gelædde
ofer
lagustreamas
maðmhorda
mæst,
mine
gefræge.
On
feorhgebeorh
foldan
hæfde
- 370
-
eallum
eorðcynne
ece
lafe,
frumcneow
gehwæs,
fæder
and
moder
tuddorteondra,
geteled
rime
mismicelra
þonne
men
cunnon,
snottor
sæleoda.
Eac
þon
sæda
gehwilc
- 375
-
on
bearm
scipes
beornas
feredon,
þara
þe
under
heofonum
hæleð
bryttigað.
Swa
þæt
wise
men
wordum
secgað
þæt
from
Noe
nigoða
wære
fæder
Abrahames
on
folctale.
- 380
-
þæt
is
se
Abraham
se
him
engla
god
naman
niwan
asceop;
eac
þon
neah
and
feor
halige
heapas
in
gehyld
bebead,
werþeoda
geweald;
he
on
wræce
lifde.
Siððan
he
gelædde
leofost
feora
- 385
-
haliges
hæsum;
heahlond
stigon
sibgemagas,
on
Seone
beorh.
wære
hie
þær
fundon,
wuldor
gesawon,
halige
heahtreowe,
swa
hæleð
gefrunon.
þær
eft
se
snottra
sunu
Dauides,
- 390
-
wuldorfæst
cyning,
witgan
larum
getimbrede
tempel
gode,
alh
haligne,
eorðcyninga
se
wisesta
on
woruldrice,
heahst
and
haligost,
hæleðum
gefrægost,
- 395
-
mæst
and
mærost,
þara
þe
manna
bearn,
fira
æfter
foldan,
folmum
geworhte.
To
þam
meðelstede
magan
gelædde
Abraham
Isaac.
Adfyr
onbran;
fyrst
ferhðbana
no
þy
fægenra
wæs.
- 400
-
Wolde
þone
lastweard
lige
gesyllan,
in
bælblyse
beorna
selost,
his
swæsne
sunu
to
sigetibre,
angan
ofer
eorðan
yrfelafe,
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
lifdagas
leofran
ne
wisse
- 410
-
þonne
he
hyrde
heofoncyninge.
Up
aræmde
Abraham
þa;
se
eorl
wolde
slean
eaferan
sinne
unweaxenne,
ecgum
reodan
magan
mid
mece,
gif
hine
metod
lete.
- 415
-
Ne
wolde
him
beorht
fæder
bearn
ætniman,
halig
tiber,
ac
mid
handa
befeng.
þa
him
styran
cwom
stefn
of
heofonum,
wuldres
hleoðor,
word
æfter
spræc:
"Ne
sleh
þu,
Abraham,
þin
agen
bearn,
- 420
-
sunu
mid
sweorde!
Soð
is
gecyðed,
nu
þin
cunnode
cyning
alwihta,
þæt
þu
wið
waldend
wære
heolde,
fæste
treowe,
seo
þe
freoðo
sceal
in
lifdagum
lengest
weorðan,
- 425
-
awa
to
aldre
unswiciendo.
Hu
þearf
mannes
sunu
maran
treowe?
Ne
behwylfan
mæg
heofon
and
eorðe
his
wuldres
word,
widdra
and
siddra
þonne
befæðman
mæge
foldan
sceattas,
- 430
-
eorðan
ymbhwyrft
and
uprodor,
garsecges
gin
and
þeos
geomre
lyft.
He
að
swereð,
engla
þeoden,
wyrda
waldend
and
wereda
god,
soðfæst
sigora,
þurh
his
sylfes
lif,
- 435
-
þæt
þines
cynnes
and
cneowmaga,
randwiggendra,
rim
ne
cunnon,
yldo
ofer
eorðan,
ealle
cræfte
to
gesecgenne
soðum
wordum,
nymðe
hwylc
þæs
snottor
in
sefan
weorðe
- 440
-
þæt
he
ana
mæge
ealle
geriman
stanas
on
eorðan,
steorran
on
heofonum,
sæbeorga
sand,
sealte
yða;
ac
hie
gesittað
be
sæm
tweonum
oð
Egipte
incaðeode
- 445
-
land
Cananea,
leode
þine,
freobearn
fæder,
folca
selost."
Folc
wæs
afæred,
flodegsa
becwom
gastas
geomre,
geofon
deaðe
hweop.
wæron
beorhhliðu
blode
bestemed,
- 450
-
holm
heolfre
spaw,
hream
wæs
on
yðum,
wæter
wæpna
ful,
wælmist
astah.
wæron
Egypte
eft
oncyrde,
flugon
forhtigende,
fær
ongeton,
woldon
herebleaðe
hamas
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
gewuna
ece
staðulas,
- 475
-
nacud
nydboda,
neosan
come,
fah
feðegast,
se
ðe
feondum
geneop.
Wæs
seo
hæwene
lyft
heolfre
geblanden,
brim
berstende
blodegesan
hweop,
sæmanna
sið,
oðþæt
soð
metod
- 480
-
þurh
Moyses
hand
modge
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
forhabban
helpendra
pað,
merestreames
mod,
ac
he
manegum
gesceod
- 490
-
gyllende
gryre.
Garsecg
wedde,
up
ateah,
on
sleap.
Egesan
stodon,
weollon
wælbenna.
Witrod
gefeol
heah
of
heofonum
handweorc
godes,
famigbosma
flodwearde
sloh,
- 495
-
unhleowan
wæg,
alde
mece,
þæt
ðy
deaðdrepe
drihte
swæfon,
synfullra
sweot.
Sawlum
lunnon
fæste
befarene,
flodblac
here,
siððan
hie
on
bugon
brun
yppinge,
- 500
-
modewæga
mæst.
Mægen
eall
gedreas
ða
gedrencte
wæron
dugoð
Egypta,
Faraon
mid
his
folcum.
He
onfond
hraðe,
siððan
grund
gestah
godes
andsaca,
þæt
wæs
mihtigra
mereflodes
weard;
- 505
-
wolde
heorufæðmum
hilde
gesceadan,
yrre
and
egesfull.
Egyptum
wearð
þæs
dægweorces
deop
lean
gesceod,
forðam
þæs
heriges
ham
eft
ne
com
ealles
ungrundes
ænig
to
lafe,
- 510
-
þætte
sið
heora
secgan
moste,
bodigean
æfter
burgum
bealospella
mæst,
hordwearda
hryre,
hæleða
cwenum,
ac
þa
mægenþreatas
meredeað
geswealh,
spelbodan
eac.
Se
ðe
sped
ahte,
- 515
-
ageat
gylp
wera.
Hie
wið
god
wunnon!
þanon
Israhelum
ece
rædas
on
merehwearfe
Moyses
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
siðfate
soðum
wordum,
gif
onlucan
wile
lifes
wealhstod,
beorht
in
breostum,
banhuses
weard,
- 525
-
ginfæsten
god
gastes
cægon.
Run
bið
gerecenod,
ræd
forð
gæð,
hafað
wislicu
word
on
fæðme,
wile
meagollice
modum
tæcan
þæt
we
gesne
ne
syn
godes
þeodscipes,
- 530
-
metodes
miltsa.
He
us
ma
onlyhð,
nu
us
boceras
beteran
secgað
lengran
lifwynna.
þis
is
læne
dream,
wommum
awyrged,
wreccum
alyfed,
earmra
anbid.
Eðellease
- 535
-
þysne
gystsele
gihðum
healdað,
murnað
on
mode,
manhus
witon
fæst
under
foldan,
þær
bið
fyr
and
wyrm,
open
ece
scræf.
Yfela
gehwylces
swa
nu
regnþeofas
rice
dælað,
- 540
-
yldo
oððe
ærdeað.
Eftwyrd
cymð,
mægenþrymma
mæst
ofer
middangeard,
dæg
dædum
fah.
Drihten
sylfa
on
þam
meðelstede
manegum
demeð,
þonne
he
soðfæstra
sawla
lædeð,
- 545
-
eadige
gastas,
on
uprodor,
þær
is
leoht
and
lif,
eac
þon
lissa
blæd;
dugoð
on
dreame
drihten
herigað,
weroda
wuldorcyning,
to
widan
feore.
Swa
reordode
ræda
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
Cananea
cyn
gelyfed
burh
and
beagas,
brade
rice;
wile
nu
gelæstan
þæt
he
lange
gehet
mid
aðsware,
engla
drihten,
- 560
-
in
fyrndagum
fæderyncynne,
gif
ge
gehealdað
halige
lare,
þæt
ge
feonda
gehwone
forð
ofergangað,
gesittað
sigerice
be
sæm
tweonum,
beorselas
beorna.
bið
eower
blæd
micel!"
- 565
-
æfter
þam
wordum
werod
wæs
on
salum,
sungon
sigebyman,
(segnas
stodon),
on
fægerne
sweg;
folc
wæs
on
lande,
hæfde
wuldres
beam
werud
gelæded,
halige
heapas,
on
hild
godes.
- 570
-
Life
gefegon
þa
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
hereþreatas
hlude
stefne,
for
þam
dædweorce
drihten
heredon,
weras
wuldres
sang;
wif
on
oðrum,
folcsweota
mæst,
fyrdleoð
golan
aclum
stefnum,
eallwundra
fela.
- 580
-
þa
wæs
eðfynde
Afrisc
meowle
on
geofones
staðe
golde
geweorðod.
Handa
hofon
halswurðunge,
bliðe
wæron,
bote
gesawon,
heddon
herereafes,
hæft
wæs
onsæled.
- 585
-
Ongunnon
sælafe
segnum
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.