The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Juliana
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
- Hwæt! We ðæt hyrdon hæleð
eahtian,
deman dædhwate, þætte in dagum
gelamp
Maximianes, se geond middangeard,
arleas cyning, eahtnysse ahof,
- 5
- cwealde cristne men, circan fylde,
geat on græswong godhergendra,
hæþen hildfruma, haligra blod,
ryhtfremmendra. Wæs his rice brad,
wid ond weorðlic ofer werþeode,
- 10
- lytesna ofer ealne yrmenne grund.
Foron æfter burgum, swa he biboden hæfde,
þegnas þryðfulle. Oft
hi þræce rærdon,
dædum gedwolene, þa þe dryhtnes
æ
feodon þurh firencræft. Feondscype
rærdon,
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- hofon hæþengield, halge cwelmdon,
breotun boccræftge, bærndon
gecorene,
gæston godes cempan gare ond lige.
Sum wæs æhtwelig æþeles
cynnes
rice gerefa. Rondburgum weold,
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- eard weardade oftast symle
in þære ceastre Commedia,
heold hordgestreon. Oft he hæþengield
ofer word godes, weoh gesohte
neode geneahhe. Wæs him noma cenned
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- Heliseus, hæfde ealdordom
micelne ond mærne. ða his mod ongon
fæmnan lufian, (hine fyrwet bræc),
Iulianan. Hio in gæste bær
halge treowe, hogde georne
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- þæt hire mægðhad mana
gehwylces
fore Cristes lufan clæne geheolde.
ða wæs sio fæmne mid hyre fæder
willan
welegum biweddad; wyrd ne ful cuþe,
freondrædenne hu heo from hogde,
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- geong on gæste. Hire wæs godes
egsa
mara in gemyndum, þonne eall þæt
maþþumgesteald
þe in þæs æþelinges
æhtum wunade.
þa wæs se weliga þæra
wifgifta,
goldspedig guma, georn on mode,
- 40
- þæt him mon fromlicast fæmnan
gegyrede,
bryd to bolde. Heo þæs beornes lufan
fæste wiðhogde, þeah þe
feohgestreon
under hordlocan, hyrsta unrim
æhte ofer eorþan. Heo þæt
eal forseah,
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- ond þæt word acwæð on
wera mengu:
"Ic þe mæg gesecgan
þæt þu þec sylfne ne þearft
swiþor swencan. Gif þu soðne god
lufast ond gelyfest, ond his lof rærest,
ongietest gæsta hleo, ic beo gearo sona
- 50
- unwaclice willan þines.
Swylce ic þe secge, gif þu to sæmran
gode
þurh deofolgield dæde biþencest,
hætsð hæþenweoh, ne meaht
þu habban mec,
ne geþreatian þe to gesingan.
- 55
- Næfre þu þæs swiðlic
sar gegearwast
þurh hæstne nið heardra wita,
þæt þu mec onwende worda þissa."
ða se æþeling wearð yrre gebolgen,
firendædum fah, gehyrde þære
fæmnan word,
- 60
- het ða gefetigan ferend snelle,
hreoh ond hygeblind, haligre fæder,
recene to rune. Reord up astag,
siþþan hy togædre garas hlændon,
hildeþremman. Hæðne wæron
begen
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- synnum seoce, sweor ond aþum.
ða reordode rices hyrde
wið þære fæmnan fæder
frecne mode,
daraðhæbbende: "Me þin dohtor
hafað
geywed orwyrðu. Heo me on an sagað
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- þæt heo mæglufan minre ne
gyme,
freondrædenne. Me þa fraceðu sind
on modsefan mæste weorce,
þæt heo mec swa torne tæle gerahte
fore þissum folce, het me fremdne god,
- 75
- ofer þa oþre þe we ær
cuþon,
welum weorþian, wordum lofian,
on hyge hergan, oþþe hi nabban."
Geswearc þa swiðferð sweor
æfter worde,
þære fæmnan fæder, ferðlocan
onspeon:
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- "Ic þæt geswerge þurh soð
godu,
swa ic are æt him æfre finde,
oþþe, þeoden, æt þe
þine hyldu
winburgum in, gif þas word sind soþ,
monna leofast, þe þu me sagast,
- 85
- þæt ic hy ne sparige, ac on spild
giefe,
þeoden mæra, þe to gewealde.
Dem þu hi to deaþe, gif þe gedafen
þince,
swa to life læt, swa þe leofre sy."
Eode þa fromlice fæmnan to spræce,
- 90
- anræd ond yreþweorg, yrre gebolgen,
þær he glædmode
geonge wiste
wic weardian. He þa worde cwæð:
"ðu eart dohtor min seo dyreste
ond seo sweteste in sefan minum,
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- ange for eorþan, minra eagna leoht,
Iuliana! þu on geaþe hafast
þurh þin orlegu unbiþyrfe
ofer witena dom wisan gefongen.
Wiðsæcest þu to swiþe sylfre
rædes
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- þinum brydguman, se is betra þonne
þu,
æþelra for eorþan, æhtspedigra
feohgestreona. He is to freonde god.
Forþon is þæs wyrþe, þæt
þu þæs weres frige,
ece eadlufan, an ne forlæte."
- 105
- Him þa seo eadge ageaf ondsware,
Iuliana (hio to gode hæfde
freondrædenne fæste gestaþelad):
"Næfre ic þæs þeodnes
þafian wille
mægrædenne, nemne he mægna god
- 110
- geornor bigonge þonne he gen dyde,
lufige mid lacum þone þe leoht gescop,
heofon ond eorðan ond holma bigong,
eodera ymbhwyrft. Ne mæg he elles mec
bringan to bolde. He þa brydlufan
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- sceal to oþerre æhtgestealdum
idese secan; nafað he ænige
her."
Hyre þa þurh yrre ageaf ondsware
fæder feondlice, nales frætwe onheht:
"Ic þæt gefremme, gif min feorh leofað
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- gif þu unrædes ær ne geswicest,
ond þu fremdu godu forð bigongest
ond þa forlætest þe us leofran
sind,
þe þissum folce to freme stondað,
þæt þu ungeara ealdre scyldig
- 125
- þurh deora gripe deaþe sweltest,
gif þu geþafian nelt þingrædenne,
modges gemanan. Micel is þæt ongin
ond þreaniedlic
þinre gelican,
þæt þu forhycge hlaford urne."
- 130
- Him þa seo eadge ageaf ondsware,
gleaw ond gode leof, Iuliana:
"Ic þe to soðe secgan wille,
bi me lifgendre nelle ic lyge fremman.
Næfre ic me ondræde domas þine,
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- ne me weorce sind witebrogan,
hildewoman, þe þu hæstlice
manfremmende to me beotast,
ne þu næfre gedest þurh gedwolan
þinne
þæt þu mec acyrre from Cristes
lofe."
- 140
- ða wæs ellenwod, yrre ond reþe,
frecne ond ferðgrim, fæder wið dehter.
Het hi þa swingan, susle þreagan,
witum wægan, ond þæt word acwæð:
"Onwend þec in gewitte, ond þa word
oncyr
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- þe þu unsnyttrum ær gespræce,
þa þu goda ussa gield forhogdest."
Him seo unforhte ageaf ondsware
þurh gæstgehygd, Iuliana:
"Næfre þu gelærest þæt
ic leasingum,
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- dumbum ond deafum deofolgieldum,
gæsta geniðlum
gaful onhate,
þam wyrrestum wites þegnum,
ac ic weorðige wuldres ealdor
middangeardes ond mægenþrymmes,
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- ond him anum to eal biþence,
þæt he mundbora min geweorþe,
helpend ond hælend wið hellsceaþum."
Hy þa þurh yrre Affricanus,
fæder fæmnan ageaf on feonda geweald
- 160
- Heliseo. He in æringe
gelædan het æfter leohtes cyme
to his domsetle. Duguð wafade
on þære fæmnan wlite, folc eal
geador.
Hy þa se æðeling ærest grette,
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- hire brydguma, bliþum wordum:
"Min se swetesta sunnan scima,
Iuliana! Hwæt, þu glæm hafast,
ginfæste giefe, geoguðhades blæd!
Gif þu godum ussum gen gecwemest,
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- ond þe to swa mildum mundbyrd secest,
hyldo to halgum,
beoð þe ahylded fram
wraþe geworhtra wita unrim,
grimra gyrna, þe þe gegearwad sind,
gif þu onsecgan nelt soþum gieldum."
- 175
- Him seo æþele mæg ageaf ondsware:
"Næfre þu geþreatast þinum
beotum,
ne wita þæs fela wraðra gegearwast,
þæt ic þeodscype þinne
lufie,
buton þu forlæte þa leasinga,
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- weohweorðinga, ond wuldres god
ongyte gleawlice, gæsta scyppend,
meotud moncynnes, in þæs meahtum sind
a butan ende ealle gesceafta."
ða for þam folce frecne mode
- 185
- beotwordum spræc, bealg hine swiþe
folcagende, ond þa fæmnan het
þurh niðwræce nacode þennan,
ond mid sweopum swingan synna lease.
Ahlog þa se hererinc, hospwordum spræc:
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- "þis is ealdordom uncres gewynnes
on fruman gefongen! Gen ic feores þe
unnan wille, þeah þu ær fela
unwærlicra worda gespræce,
onsoce to swiðe þæt þu soð
godu
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- lufian wolde. þe þa lean sceolan
wiþerhycgendre,
witebrogan,
æfter weorþan, butan þu ær
wiþ hi
geþingige, ond him þoncwyrþe
æfter leahtorcwidum lac onsecge,
- 200
- sibbe gesette. Læt þa sace restan,
lað leodgewin. Gif þu leng ofer þis
þurh þin dolwillen gedwolan fylgest,
þonne ic nyde sceal niþa gebæded
on þære grimmestan godscyld wrecan,
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- torne teoncwide, þe þu tælnissum
wiþ þa selestan sacan ongunne,
ond þa mildestan þara þe men
witen,
þe þes leodscype mid him longe bieode."
Him þæt æþele mod unforht
oncwæð:
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- "Ne ondræde ic me domas þine,
awyrged womsceaða, ne þinra wita bealo.
Hæbbe ic me to hyhte heofonrices weard,
mildne mundboran, mægna waldend,
se mec gescyldeð wið þinum scinlace
- 215
- of gromra gripe, þe þu to godum
tiohhast.
ða sind geasne goda gehwylces,
idle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe,
ne þær freme meteð
fira ænig
soðe sibbe, þeah þe sece to him
- 220
- freondrædenne. He ne findeð þær
duguþe mid deoflum. Ic to dryhtne min
mod staþelige, se ofer mægna gehwylc
waldeð wideferh, wuldres agend,
sigora gehwylces. þæt is soð cyning."
- 225
- ða þam folctogan fracuðlic þuhte
þæt he ne meahte mod oncyrran,
fæmnan foreþonc. He bi feaxe het
ahon ond ahebban on heanne beam,
þær seo sunsciene slege þrowade,
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- sace singrimme, siex tida dæges,
ond he ædre het eft asettan,
laðgeniðla, ond gelædan bibead
to carcerne. Hyre wæs Cristes lof
in ferðlocan fæste biwunden,
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- milde modsefan, mægen unbrice.
ða wæs mid clustre carcernes duru
behliden, homra geweorc. Halig þær
inne
wærfæst wunade. Symle heo wuldorcyning
herede æt heortan, heofonrices god,
- 240
- in þam nydclafan, nergend fira,
heolstre bihelmad. Hyre wæs halig gæst
singal gesið. ða cwom semninga
in þæt hlinræced hæleða
gewinna,
yfeles ondwis. Hæfde engles hiw,
- 245
- gleaw gyrnstafa gæstgeniðla,
helle hæftling, to þære halgan
spræc:
"Hwæt dreogest þu, seo dyreste
ond seo weorþeste wuldorcyninge,
dryhtne ussum? ðe þes dema hafað
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- þa wyrrestan witu gegearwad,
sar endeleas, gif þu onsecgan nelt,
gleawhycgende, ond his godum cweman.
Wes þu on ofeste, swa he þec ut heonan
lædan hate, þæt þu lac
hraþe
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- onsecge sigortifre, ær þec swylt
nime,
deað fore duguðe. þy þu þæs
deman scealt,
eadhreðig mæg, yrre gedygan."
Frægn þa fromlice, seo þe forht
ne wæs,
Criste gecweme, hwonan his cyme wære.
- 260
- Hyre se wræcmæcga wið þingade:
"Ic eom engel godes ufan siþende,
þegn geþungen, ond to þe sended,
halig of heahþu. þe sind heardlicu,
wundrum wælgrim,
witu geteohhad
- 265
- to gringwræce. Het þe god beodan,
bearn waldendes, þæt þe burge
þa."
ða wæs seo fæmne for þam
færspelle
egsan geaclad, þe hyre se aglæca,
wuldres wiþerbreca, wordum sægde.
- 270
- Ongan þa fæstlice ferð staþelian,
geong grondorleas, to gode
cleopian
"Nu ic þec, beorna hleo, biddan wille
ece ælmihtig, þurh þæt
æþele gesceap
þe þu, fæder engla, æt
fruman settest,
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- þæt þu me ne læte of
lofe hweorfan
þinre eadgife, swa me þes ar bodað
frecne færspel, þe me fore stondeð.
Swa ic þe, bilwitne, biddan wille
þæt þu me gecyðe, cyninga
wuldor,
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- þrymmes hyrde, hwæt þes þegn
sy,
lyftlacende, þe mec læreð from
þe
on stearcne weg." Hyre stefn oncwæð
wlitig of wolcnum, word hleoþrade:
"Forfoh þone frætgan ond fæste
geheald,
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- oþþæt he his siðfæt
secge mid ryhte,
ealne from orde, hwæt his æþelu
syn."
ða wæs þære fæmnan
ferð geblissad,
domeadigre. Heo
þæt deofol genom
...... "ealra cyninga cyning to cwale syllan.
- 290
- ða gen ic gecræfte þæt
se cempa ongon
waldend wundian, weorud to segon
þæt þær blod ond wæter
bu tu ætgædre
eorþan sohtun. ða gen ic Herode
in hyge bisweop
þæt he Iohannes bibead
- 295
- heafde biheawan, ða se halga wer
þære wiflufan wordum styrde,
unryhtre æ. Eac ic gelærde
Simon searoþoncum þæt he sacan
ongon
wiþ þa gecorenan Cristes þegnas,
- 300
- ond þa halgan weras hospe gerahte
þurh deopne gedwolan, sægde hy dryas
wæron.
Neþde ic nearobregdum þær ic
Neron bisweac,
þæt he acwellan het Cristes þegnas,
Petrus ond Paulus. Pilatus ær
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- on rode aheng rodera waldend,
meotud meahtigne minum larum.
Swylce ic Egias eac gelærde
þæt he unsnytrum Andreas het
ahon haligne on heanne beam,
- 310
- þæt he of galgan his gæst
onsende
in wuldres wlite. þus ic wraþra fela
mid minum broþrum bealwa gefremede,
sweartra synna, þe ic asecgan
ne mæg,
rume areccan, ne gerim witan,
- 315
- heardra heteþonca." Him seo halge oncwæð
þurh gæstes giefe, Iuliana:
"þu scealt furþor gen, feond moncynnes,
siþfæt secgan, hwa þec sende
to me."
Hyre se aglæca ageaf ondsware,
- 320
- forhtafongen, friþes orwena:
"Hwæt, mec min fæder on þas
fore to þe,
hellwarena cyning, hider onsende
of þam engan ham, se is yfla gehwæs
in þam grornhofe geornfulra þonne
ic.
- 325
- þonne he usic sendeð þæt
we soðfæstra
þurh misgedwield mod oncyrren,
ahwyrfen from halor, we beoð hygegeomre,
forhte on ferðþe. Ne biþ us frea
milde,
egesful ealdor, gif we yfles noht
- 330
- gedon habbaþ; ne durran we siþþan
for his onsyne ower geferan.
þonne he onsendeð geond sidne grund
þegnas of þystrum, hateð þræce
ræran,
gif we gemette sin
on moldwege,
- 335
- oþþe feor oþþe neah
fundne weorþen,
þæt hi usic binden ond in bælwylme
suslum swingen. Gif soðfæstra
þurh myrrelsan mod ne
oðcyrreð,
haligra hyge, we þa heardestan
- 340
- ond þa wyrrestan witu geþoliað
þurh sarslege. Nu þu sylfa meaht
on sefan þinum soð gecnawan,
þæt ic þisse noþe wæs
nyde gebæded,
þragmælum geþread, þæt
ic þe sohte."
- 345
- þa gen seo halge ongon hæleþa
gewinnan,
wrohtes wyrhtan, wordum frignan,
fyrnsynna fruman: "þu me furþor scealt
secgan, sawla feond, hu þu soðfæstum
þurh synna slide swiþast sceþþe,
- 350
- facne bifongen." Hyre se feond oncwæð,
wræcca wærleas, wordum mælde:
"Ic þe, ead mæg, yfla gehwylces
or gecyðe oð ende forð
þara þe ic gefremede, nalæs
feam siðum,
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- synna wundum, þæt þu þy
sweotolicor
sylf gecnawe þæt þis is soð,
nales leas.
Ic þæt wende ond witod tealde
þriste geþoncge, þæt ic
þe meahte
butan earfeþum anes cræfte
- 360
- ahwyrfan from halor, þæt þu
heofoncyninge
wiðsoce, sigora frean, ond to sæmran
gebuge,
onsægde synna fruman. þus ic soðfæstum
þurh mislic bleo mod oncyrre.
þær ic hine finde ferð staþelian
- 365
- to godes willan, ic beo gearo sona
þæt ic him monigfealde modes gælsan
ongean bere grimra geþonca,
dyrnra gedwilda, þurh gedwolena rim.
Ic him geswete synna lustas,
- 370
- mæne modlufan, þæt he minum
hraþe,
leahtrum gelenge, larum hyreð.
Ic hine þæs swiþe synnum onæle
þæt he byrnende from gebede swiceð,
stepeð stronglice, staþolfæst
ne mæg
- 375
- fore leahtra lufan lenge gewunian
in gebedstowe. Swa ic brogan to
laðne gelæde þam þe ic lifes
ofonn,
leohtes geleafan, ond he larum wile
þurh modes myne minum hyran,
- 380
- synne fremman, he siþþan sceal
godra gumcysta geasne hweorfan.
Gif ic ænigne ellenrofne
gemete modigne metodes cempan
wið flanþræce, nele feor þonan
- 385
- bugan from beaduwe, ac he bord ongean
hefeð hygesnottor, haligne scyld,
gæstlic guðreaf, nele gode swican,
ac he beald in gebede bidsteal gifeð
fæste on feðan, ic sceal feor þonan
- 390
- heanmod hweorfan, hroþra bidæled,
in gleda gripe, gehðu mænan,
þæt ic ne meahte mægnes cræfte
guðe wiðgongan, ac ic geomor sceal
secan oþerne ellenleasran,
- 395
- under cumbolhagan, cempan sænran,
þe ic onbryrdan mæge beorman mine,
agælan æt guþe. þeah he
godes hwæt
onginne gæstlice, ic beo gearo sona,
þæt ic ingehygd eal geondwlite,
- 400
- hu gefæstnad sy ferð innanweard,
wiðsteall geworht. Ic þæs wealles
geat
ontyne þurh teonan; bið se torr þyrel,
ingong geopenad, þonne ic ærest him
þurh eargfare in onsende
- 405
- in breostsefan bitre geþoncas
þurh mislice modes willan,
þæt him sylfum selle þynceð
leahtras to fremman ofer lof godes,
lices lustas. Ic beo lareow georn
- 410
- þæt he monþeawum minum lifge
acyrred cuðlice from Cristes æ,
mod gemyrred me to gewealde
in synna seað. Ic þære sawle ma
geornor gyme ymb þæs gæstes
forwyrd
- 415
- þonne þæs lichoman, se þe
on legre sceal
weorðan in worulde wyrme to hroþor,
bifolen in foldan." ða gien seo fæmne
spræc:
"Saga, earmsceapen, unclæne gæst,
hu þu þec geþyde, þystra
stihtend,
- 420
- on clænra gemong? þu wið Criste
geo
wærleas wunne ond gewin tuge,
hogdes wiþ halgum. þe wearð helle
seað
niþer gedolfen, þær þu
nydbysig
fore oferhygdum eard gesohtes.
- 425
- Wende ic þæt þu þy wærra
weorþan sceolde
wið soðfæstum swylces gemotes
ond þy unbealdra, þe þe oft
wiðstod
þurh wuldorcyning willan þines."
Hyre þa se werga wið þingade,
- 430
- earm aglæca: "þu me ærest
saga,
hu þu gedyrstig þurh deop gehygd
wurde þus wigþrist ofer eall wifa
cyn,
þæt þu mec þus fæste
fetrum gebunde,
æghwæs orwigne. þu in ecne god,
- 435
- þrymsittendne, þinne getreowdes,
meotud moncynnes, swa ic in minne fæder,
hellwarena cyning, hyht staþelie.
þonne ic beom onsended wið soðfæstum,
þæt ic in manweorcum mod oncyrre,
- 440
- hyge from halor, me hwilum biþ
forwyrned þurh wiþersteall willan
mines,
hyhtes æt halgum, swa me her gelamp
sorg on siþe. Ic þæt sylf gecneow
to late micles, sceal nu lange ofer þis,
- 445
- scyldwyrcende, scame þrowian.
Forþon ic þec halsige þurh þæs
hyhstan meaht,
rodorcyninges giefe, se þe on rode treo
geþrowade, þrymmes ealdor,
þæt þu miltsige me þearfendum,
- 450
- þæt unsælig eall ne forweorþe,
þeah ic þec gedyrstig ond þus
dolwillen
siþe gesohte, þær ic swiþe
me
þyslicre ær þrage ne wende."
ða seo wlitescyne wuldres condel
- 455
- to þam wærlogan wordum mælde:
"þu scealt ondettan
yfeldæda ma,
hean helle gæst, ær þu heonan
mote,
hwæt þu to teonan þurhtogen
hæbbe
micelra manweorca manna tudre
- 460
- deorcum gedwildum." Hyre þæt deofol
oncwæð:
"Nu ic þæt gehyre þurh þinne
hleoþorcwide,
þæt ic nyde sceal niþa gebæded
mod meldian, swa þu me beodest,
þreaned þolian. Is þeos þrag
ful strong,
- 465
- þreat ormæte. Ic sceal þinga
gehwylc
þolian ond þafian on þinne dom,
womdæda onwreon, þe
ic wideferg
sweartra gesyrede. Oft
ic syne ofteah,
ablende bealoþoncum beorna unrim
- 470
- monna cynnes, misthelme forbrægd
þurh attres ord eagna leoman
sweartum scurum, ond ic sumra fet
forbræc bealosearwum, sume in bryne sende,
in liges locan, þæt him lasta wearð
- 475
- siþast gesyne. Eac ic sume gedyde
þæt him banlocan blode spiowedan,
þæt hi færinga feorh aleton
þurh ædra wylm. Sume on yðfare
wurdon on wege wætrum
bisencte,
- 480
- on mereflode, minum cræftum
under reone stream. Sume ic rode bifealh,
þæt hi hyra dreorge on hean galgan
lif aletan. Sume ic larum geteah,
to geflite fremede, þæt hy færinga
- 485
- ealde æfþoncan
edniwedan,
beore druncne. Ic
him byrlade
wroht of wege, þæt hi in winsele
þurh sweordgripe sawle forletan
of flæschoman fæge scyndan,
- 490
- sarum gesohte. Sume, þa ic funde
butan godes tacne, gymelease,
ungebletsade, þa
ic bealdlice
þurh mislic cwealm minum hondum
searoþoncum slog. Ic asecgan ne mæg,
- 495
- þeah ic gesitte sumerlongne dæg,
eal þa earfeþu þe ic ær
ond siþ
gefremede to facne, siþþan furþum
wæs
rodor aræred ond ryne tungla,
folde gefæstnad ond þa forman men,
- 500
- Adam ond Aeue, þam ic ealdor oðþrong,
ond hy gelærde þæt hi lufan
dryhtnes,
ece eadgiefe anforleton,
beorhtne boldwelan, þæt him bæm
gewearð
yrmþu to ealdre, ond hyra eaferum swa,
- 505
- mircast manweorca. Hwæt sceal ic ma riman
yfel endeleas? Ic eall gebær,
wraþe wrohtas geond werþeode,
þa þe gewurdun
widan feore
from fruman worulde fira cynne,
- 510
- eorlum on eorþan. Ne wæs ænig
þara
þæt me þus þriste, swa
þu nu þa,
halig mid hondum, hrinan dorste,
næs ænig þæs modig mon
ofer eorþan
þurh halge meaht, heahfædra nan
- 515
- ne witgena. þeah þe him weoruda
god
onwrige, wuldres cyning, wisdomes gæst,
giefe unmæte, hwæþre ic gong
to þam
agan moste. Næs ænig þara
þæt mec þus bealdlice bennum
bilegde,
- 520
- þream forþrycte, ær þu
nu þa
þa miclan meaht
mine oferswiðdest,
fæste forfenge, þe me fæder
sealde,
feond moncynnes, þa he mec feran het,
þeoden of þystrum, þæt
ic þe sceolde
- 525
- synne swetan. þær mec sorg bicwom,
hefig hondgewinn. Ic bihlyhhan ne þearf
æfter sarwræce siðfæt þisne
magum in gemonge, þonne ic mine sceal
agiefan gnorncearig gafulrædenne
- 530
- in þam reongan ham." ða se gerefa
het,
gealgmod guma, Iulianan
of þam engan hofe ut gelædan
on hyge halge hæþnum to spræce
to his domsetle. Heo þæt deofol teah,
- 535
- breostum inbryrded, bendum fæstne,
halig hæþenne. Ongan þa hreowcearig
siðfæt seofian, sar cwanian,
wyrd wanian, wordum mælde:
"Ic þec halsige, hlæfdige min,
- 540
- Iuliana, fore godes sibbum,
þæt þu furþur me fraceþu
ne wyrce,
edwit for eorlum, þonne þu ær
dydest,
þa þu oferswiþdest þone
snotrestan
under hlinscuan helwarena
cyning
- 545
- in feonda byrig; þæt is
fæder user,
morþres manfrea. Hwæt, þu mec
þreades
þurh sarslege! Ic to soþe wat
þæt ic ær ne sið ænig
ne mette
in woruldrice wif
þe gelic,
- 550
- þristran geþohtes ne þweorhtimbran
mægþa cynnes. Is on me sweotul
þæt þu unscamge æghwæs
wurde
on ferþe frod." ða hine seo fæmne
forlet
æfter þræchwile þystra
neosan
- 555
- in sweartne grund, sawla gewinnan,
on wita forwyrd. Wiste he þi gearwor,
manes melda, magum to secgan,
susles þegnum, hu him on siðe gelomp.
"georne ær
- 560
- heredon on heahþu ond his halig word,
sægdon soðlice þæt he sigora
gehwæs
ofer ealle gesceaft ana weolde,
ecra eadgiefa." ða cwom engel godes
frætwum blican ond þæt fyr tosceaf,
- 565
- gefreode ond gefreoðade facnes clæne,
leahtra lease, ond þone lig towearp,
heorogiferne, þær seo halie stod,
mægþa bealdor, on þam midle
gesund.
þæt þam weligan wæs weorc
to þolianne,
- 570
- þær he hit for worulde wendan meahte,
sohte synnum fah, hu he sarlicast
þurh þa wyrrestan witu meahte
feorhcwale findan. Næs se feond to læt,
se hine gelærde þæt he læmen
fæt
- 575
- biwyrcan het wundorcræfte,
wiges womum, ond wudubeamum,
holte bihlænan.
ða se hearda bibead
þæt mon þæt lamfæt
leades gefylde,
ond þa onbærnan het bælfira
mæst,
- 580
- ad onælan, se wæs æghwonan
ymbboren mid brondum. Bæð hate weol.
Het þa ofestlice yrre gebolgen
leahtra lease in þæs leades wylm
scufan butan scyldum. þa toscaden wearð
- 585
- lig tolysed. Lead wide sprong,
hat, heorogifre. Hæleð
wurdon acle
arasad for þy ræse. þær
on rime forborn
þurh þæs fires fnæst fif
ond hundseofontig
hæðnes herges. ða gen sio halge
stod
- 590
- ungewemde wlite. Næs hyre wloh ne hrægl,
ne feax ne fel fyre gemæled,
ne lic ne leoþu. Heo in lige stod
æghwæs onsund, sægde ealles
þonc
dryhtna dryhtne. þa se dema wearð
- 595
- hreoh ond hygegrim, ongon his hrægl teran,
swylce he grennade ond gristbitade,
wedde on gewitte swa wilde deor,
grymetade gealgmod ond his godu tælde,
þæs þe hy ne meahtun
mægne wiþstondan
- 600
- wifes willan. Wæs seo wuldres mæg
anræd ond unforht, eafoða gemyndig,
dryhtnes willan. þa se dema het
aswebban sorgcearig þurh sweordbite
on hyge halge, heafde bineotan
- 605
- Criste gecorene. Hine se cwealm ne þeah,
siþþan he þone fintan furþor
cuþe.
ða wearð þære halgan hyht
geniwad
ond þæs mægdnes mod miclum geblissad,
siþþan heo gehyrde hæleð
eahtian
- 610
- inwitrune, þæt hyre endestæf
of gewindagum weorþan sceolde,
lif alysed. Het þa leahtra ful
clæne ond gecorene to cwale lædan,
synna lease. ða cwom semninga
- 615
- hean helle gæst, hearmleoð agol,
earm ond unlæd, þone heo ær
gebond
awyrgedne ond mid witum swong,
cleopade þa for corþre, ceargealdra
full:
"Gyldað nu mid gyrne, þæt heo
goda ussa
- 620
- meaht forhogde,
ond mec swiþast
geminsade, þæt ic to meldan wearð.
Lætað hy laþra leana hleotan
þurh wæpnes spor, wrecað ealdne
nið,
synne gesohte. Ic þa sorge gemon,
- 625
- hu ic bendum fæst bisga unrim
on anre niht earfeða dreag,
yfel ormætu." þa seo eadge biseah
ongean gramum, Iuliana,
gehyrde heo hearm galan helle deofol.
- 630
- Feond moncynnes ongon þa on fleam
sceacan,
wita neosan, ond þæt word acwæð:
"Wa me forworhtum! Nu is wen micel
þæt heo mec eft wille earmne gehynan
yflum yrmþum, swa heo mec ær dyde."
- 635
- ða wæs gelæded londmearce neah
ond to þære stowe þær
hi stearcferþe
þurh cumbolhete cwellan þohtun.
Ongon heo þa læran ond to lofe trymman
folc of firenum ond him frofre gehet,
- 640
- weg to wuldre, ond þæt word acwæð:
"Gemunað wigena wyn ond wuldres þrym,
haligra hyht, heofonengla god.
He is þæs wyrðe, þæt
hine werþeode
ond eal engla cynn up on roderum
- 645
- hergen, heahmægen, þær is
help gelong
ece to ealdre, þam þe agan sceal.
Forþon ic, leof weorud, læran wille,
æfremmende, þæt ge eower hus
gefæstnige, þy læs hit ferblædum
- 650
- windas toweorpan. Weal sceal þy trumra
strong wiþstondan storma scurum,
leahtra gehygdum. Ge mid lufan sibbe,
leohte geleafan, to þam lifgendan
stane stiðhydge staþol fæstniað,
- 655
- soðe treowe ond sibbe mid eow
healdað æt heortan, halge rune
þurh modes myne. þonne eow miltse
giefeð
fæder ælmihtig, þær ge
frofre agun
æt mægna gode, mæste þearfe
- 660
- æfter sorgstafum. Forþon ge sylfe
neton
utgong heonan, ende lifes.
Wærlic me þinceð þæt
ge wæccende
wið hettendra hildewoman
wearde healden, þy læs eow wiþerfeohtend
- 665
- weges forwyrnen to wuldres byrig.
Biddað bearn godes þæt me brego
engla,
meotud moncynnes, milde geweorþe,
sigora sellend. Sibb sy mid eowic,
symle soþ lufu." ða hyre sawl wearð
- 670
- alæded of lice to þam langan gefean
þurh sweordslege. þa se synscaþa
to scipe sceohmod sceaþena þreate
Heliseus ehstream sohte,
leolc ofer laguflod longe hwile
- 675
- on swonrade. Swylt ealle fornom
secga hloþe ond hine sylfne mid,
ærþon hy to lande geliden hæfdon,
þurh þearlic þrea. þær
XXX wæs
ond feowere eac feores onsohte
- 680
- þurh wæges wylm wigena cynnes,
heane mid hlaford, hroþra bidæled,
hyhta lease helle sohton.
Ne þorftan þa þegnas in þam
þystran ham,
seo geneatscolu in þam neolan scræfe,
- 685
- to þam frumgare feohgestealda
witedra wenan, þæt hy in winsele
ofer beorsetle beagas
þegon,
æpplede gold. Ungelice wæs
læded lofsongum lic haligre
- 690
- micle mægne to moldgræfe,
þæt hy hit gebrohton burgum in innan,
sidfolc micel. þær siððan
wæs
geara gongum godes lof hafen
þrymme micle oþ þisne dæg
- 695
- mid þeodscipe. Is me þearf micel
þæt seo halge me helpe gefremme,
þonne me gedælað deorast ealra,
sibbe toslitað sinhiwan tu,
micle modlufan. Min sceal of lice
- 700
- sawul on siðfæt, nat ic sylfa hwider,
eardes uncyðgu;
of sceal ic þissum,
secan oþerne ærgewyrhtum,
gongan iudædum. Geomor hweorfeð
|| ond |. Cyning biþ reþe,
- 705
- sigora syllend, þonne synnum fah
|| ond | acle bidað
hwæt him æfter dædum deman wille
lifes to leane. || beofað,
seomað sorgcearig. Sar eal gemon,
- 710
- synna wunde, þe ic siþ oþþe
ær
geworhte in worulde. þæt ic wopig
sceal
tearum mænan. Wæs an tid to læt
þæt ic yfeldæda ær gescomede,
þenden gæst ond lic geador siþedan
- 715
- onsund on earde. þonne arna biþearf,
þæt me seo halge wið þone
hyhstan cyning
geþingige. Mec þæs þearf
monaþ,
micel modes sorg. Bidde ic monna gehwone
gumena cynnes, þe þis gied wræce,
- 720
- þæt he mec neodful bi noman minum
gemyne modig, ond meotud bidde
þæt me heofona helm helpe gefremme,
meahta waldend, on þam miclan
dæge,
fæder, frofre gæst, in þa frecnan
tid,
- 725
- dæda demend, ond se deora sunu,
þonne seo þrynis þrymsittende
in annesse ælda cynne
þurh þa sciran gesceaft scrifeð
bi gewyrhtum
meorde monna gehwam. Forgif us, mægna god,
- 730
- þæt we þine onsyne, æþelinga
wyn,
milde gemeten on þa mæran tid.
Amen.
Notes
- 6. MS god hergendra.<text>
- 12. MS of.<text>
- 16. MS bærdon.<text>
- 38. MS þære.<text>
- 46. MS in.<text>
- 78. MS swor.<text>
- 86. MS geweald.<text>
- 91. MS glæd mod.<text>
- 116. MS ænig.<text>
- 128. MS þrea med lic.<text>
- 151. MS gæste.<text>
- 171. MS yldo.<text>
- 196. MS wiþer hycgen de.<text>
- 218. MS metet.<text>
- 264. MS welgrim.<text>
- 271. MS to cleopianne.<text>
- 288. MS domeadigra, a late spelling.<text>
- 294. MS bispeop.<text>
- 313. MS asengan.<text>
- 325. MS se.<text>
- 334. MS ge mete.<text>
- 338. MS neod cyrreð.<text>
- 348. MS soðfæst at the
end of one line, tum at the beginning of the next.<text>
- 354. MS sindon.<text>
- 371. MS hyrað.<text>
- 456. MS ond (Tironian "and" ) dettan.<text>
- 467. MS þy.<text>
- 468. MS of.<text>
- 479. MS onweg.<text>
- 485. MS eald.<text>
- 486. MS drucne.<text>
- 492. MS þeah.<text>
- 508. MS ge wordun.<text>
- 521. MS miclam.<text>
- 521. MS min.<text>
- 544. MS helwerena.<text>
- 545. MS his.<text>
- 549. MS wiþ.<text>
- 555. MS gewinna.<text>
- 559. A folio has been lost from the manuscript
here.<text>
- 560. missing; weorc supplied by
Holthausen.<text>
- 562. MS wolde.<text>
- 577. MS bi lænan.<text>
- 577. hearda supplied by Thorpe.<text>
- 586. MS æleð.<text>
- 599. MS meahtum.<text>
- 620. MS for hogd.<text>
- 628. MS Iulianan.<text>
- 630. MS flean.<text>
- 658. a word is missing from the MS. frofre
is supplied by Strunk and Krapp, but is metrically dubious. Trautmann supplied
freme.<text>
- 687. MS sele. Note that beorsetle
is a nonce word.<text>
- 701. MS uncyðþu.<text>
- 723. MS miclam.<text>
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