Genesis A
I
0001
Us
is
riht
micel
ðæt
we
rodera
weard,
0002
wereda
wuldorcining,
wordum
herigen,
0003
modum
lufien.
he
is
mægna
sped,
0004
heafod
ealra
heahgesceafta,
0005
frea
ælmihtig.
næs
him
fruma
æfre,
0006
or
geworden
ne
nu
ende
cymþ
0007
ecean
drihtnes
ac
he
bið
a
rice
0008
ofer
heofenstolas
heagum
þrymmum.
0009
soðfæst
and
swiðfeorm
sweglbosmas
heold
0010
þa
wæron
gesette
wide
and
side
0011
þurh
geweald
godes
wuldres
bearnum,
0012
gasta
weardum.
hæfdon
gleam
and
dream
0013
and
heora
ordfruman
engla
þreatas,
0014
beorhte
blisse.
wæs
heora
blæd
micel.
0015
þegnas
þrymfæste
þeoden
heredon,
0016
sægdon
lustum
lof,
heora
liffrean
0017
demdon:
drihtenes
dugeþum
wæron
0018
swiðe
gesælige.
synna
ne
cuþon,
0019
firena
fremman
ac
hie
on
friðe
lifdon
0020
ece
mid
heora
aldor.
elles
ne
ongunnon
0021
ræran
on
roderum
nymþe
riht
and
soþ
0022
ær_ðon
engla
weard
for
oferhygde
0023
dæl
on
gedwilde.
noldan
dreogan
leng
0024
heora
selfra
ræd
ac
hie
of
siblufan
0025
godes
ahwurfon.
hæfdon
gielp
micel
0026
þæt
hie
wið
drihtne
dælan
meahton
0027
wuldorfæstan
wic
werodes
þrymme,
0028
sid
and
swegltorht.
him
þær
sar
gelamp,
0029
æfst
and
oferhygd
and
þæs
engles
mod
0030
þe
þone
unræd
ongan
ærest
fremman,
0031
wefan
and
weccean.
þa
he
worde
cwæð,
0032
niþes
ofþyrsted,
þæt
he
on
norðdæle
0033
ham
and
heahsetl
heofena
rices
0034
agan
wolde.
þa
wearð
yrre
god
0035
and
þam
werode
wrað
þe
he
ær
wurðode
0036
wlite
and
wuldre.
sceop
þam
werlogan
0037
wræclicne
ham
weorce
to
leane,
0038
helleheafas,
hearde
niðas.
0039
heht
þæt
witehus
wræcna
bidan,
0040
deop,
dreama
leas
drihten
ure,
0041
gasta
weardas,
þa
he
hit
geare
wiste,
0042
synnihte
beseald,
susle
geinnod,
0043
geondfolen
fyre
and
færcyle,
0044
rece
and
reade
lege.
heht
þa
geond
þæt
rædlease
hof
0045
weaxan
witebrogan.
hæfdon
hie
wrohtgeteme
0046
grimme
wið
god
gesomnod.
him
þæs
grim
lean
becom.
0047
cwædon
þæt
heo
rice,
reðemode,
0048
agan
woldan
and
swa
eaðe
meahtan.
0049
him
seo
wen
geleah
siððan
waldend
his,
0050
heofona
heahcining,
honda
arærde
0051
hehste
wið
þam
herge.
ne
mihton
hygelease,
0052
mæne
wið
metode,
mægyn
bryttigan
0053
Ac
him
se
mæra
mod
getwæfde,
0054
bælc
forbigde.
þa
he
gebolgen
wearð,
0055
besloh
synsceaþan
sigore
and
gewealde,
0056
dome
and
dugeðe
and
dreame
benam
0057
his
feond,
friðo
and
gefean
ealle,
0058
torhte
tire,
and
his
torn
gewræc
0059
on
gesacum
swiðe
selfes
mihtum
0060
strengum
stiepe.
hæfde
styrne
mod
0061
gegremed
grymme,
grap
on
wraðe
0062
faum
folmum
and
him
on
fæðm
gebræc
0063
yr’
on
mode.
æðele
bescyrede
0064
his
wiðerbrecan
wuldorgestealdum.
0065
Sceop
þa
and
scyrede
scyppend
ure
0066
oferhidig
cyn
engla
of
heofnum,
0067
wærleas
werod.
waldend
sende
0068
laðwendne
here
on
langne
sið,
0069
geomre
gastas.
wæs
him
gylp
forod,
0070
beot
forborsten
and
forbiged
þrym,
0071
wlite
gewemmed.
heo
on
wrace
syððan
0072
seomodon
swearte,
siðe
ne
þorfton
0073
hlude
hlihhan
ac
heo
helltregum
0074
werige
wunodon
and
wean
cuðon,
0075
sar
and
sorge,
susl
þrowedon
0076
þystrum
beþeahte,
þearl
æfterlean
0077
þæs þe
heo
ongunnon
wið
gode
winnan.
0078
þa
wæs
soð
swa
ær
sibb
on
heofnum,
0079
fægre
freoþoþeawas
frea
eallum
leof,
0080
þeoden
his
þegnum.
þrymmas
weoxon
0081
duguða
mid
drihtne
dreamhæbbendra.
II
0082
Wæron
þa
gesome
þa
þe
swegl
buan,
0083
wuldres
eðel.
wroht
wæs
asprungen,
0084
oht
mid
englum
and
orlegnið
0085
siððan
herewosan
heofon
ofgæfon,
0086
leohte
belorene.
him
on
laste
setl
0087
wuldorspedum
welig
wide
stodan
0088
gifum
growende
on
godes
rice,
0089
beorht
and
geblædfæst,
buendra
leas,
0090
siððan
wræcstowe
werige
gastas
0091
under
hearmlocan
heane
geforan.
0092
þa
þeahtode
þeoden
ure
0093
modgeþonce,
hu
he
þa
mæran
gesceaft,
0094
eðelstaðolas,
eft
gesette,
0095
swegltorhtan
seld
selran
werode
0096
þa
hie
gielpsceaþan
ofgifen
hæfdon
0097
heah
on
heofenum.
forþam
halig
god
0098
under
roderas
feng
ricum
mihtum
0099
wolde
þæt
him
eorðe
and
uproder
0100
and
sidwæter
geseted
wurde,
0101
woruldgesceafte
on
wraðra
gield
0102
þara
þe,
forhealdene,
of
hleo
sende.
0103
Ne
wæs
her
þa giet
nymþe
heolstersceado
0104
wiht
geworden
ac
þes
wida
grund
0105
stod
deop
and
dim,
drihtne
fremde,
0106
idel
and
unnyt.
on
þone
eagum
wlat
0107
stiðfrihþ
cining
and
þa
stowe
beheold,
0108
dreama
lease,
geseah
deorc
gesweorc
0109
semian
sinnihte
sweart
under
roderum,
0110
wonn
and
weste,
oð þæt
þeos
woruldgesceaft
0111
þurh
word
gewearð
wuldorcyninges.
0112
her
ærest
gesceop
ece
drihten,
0113
helm
eallwihta,
heofon
and
eorðan,
0114
rodor
arærde
and
þis
rume
land
0115
gestaþelode
strangum
mihtum,
0116
frea
ælmihtig.
folde
wæs
þa gyta
0117
græsungrene.
garsecg
þeahte
0118
sweart
synnihte
side
and
wide,
0119
wonne
wægas.
þa
wæs
wuldortorht
0120
heofonweardes
gast
ofer
holm
boren
0121
miclum
spedum.
metod
engla
heht,
0122
lifes
brytta,
leoht
forð
cuman
0123
ofer
rumne
grund.
raþe
wæs
gefylled
0124
heahcininges
hæs.
him
wæs
halig
leoht
0125
ofer
westenne
swa
se
wyrhta
bebead.
0126
þa
gesundrode
sigora
waldend
0127
ofer
laguflode
leoht
wið
þeostrum,
0128
sceade
wið
sciman.
sceop
þa
bam
naman
0129
lifes
brytta.
leoht
wæs
ærest
0130
þurh
drihtnes
word
dæg
genemned,
0131
wlitebeorhte
gesceaft.
wel
licode
0132
frean
æt
frymðe
forþbæro
tid,
0133
dæg
æresta.
geseah
deorc
sceado
0134
sweart
swiðrian
geond
sidne
grund.
III
0135
Þa
seo
tid
gewat
ofer
tiber
sceacan
0136
middangeardes.
metod
æfter
sceaf
0137
scirum
sciman,
scippend
ure,
0138
æfen
ærest.
him
arn
on
last,
0139
þrang
þystre
genip
þam
þe
se
þeoden
self
0140
sceop
nihte
naman.
nergend
ure
0141
hie
gesundrode.
siððan
æfre
0142
drugon
and
dydon
drihtnes
willan,
0143
ece
ofer
eorðan.
ða
com
oðer
dæg,
0144
leoht
æfter
þeostrum.
heht
þa
lifes
weard
0145
on
mereflode
middum
weorðan
0146
hyhtlic
heofontimber.
holmas
dælde
0147
waldend
ure
and
geworhte
þa
0148
roderas
fæsten.
þæt
se
rica
ahof
0149
up
from
eorðan
þurh
his
agen
word,
0150
frea
ælmihtig.
flod
wæs
adæled
0151
under
heahrodore
halgum
mihtum,
0152
wæter
of
wætrum
þam
þe
wuniað
gyt
0153
under
fæstenne
folca
hrofes.
0154
þa
com
ofer
foldan
fus
siðian
0155
mære
mergen
þridda.
næron
metode
ða gyta
0156
widlond
ne
wegas
nytte
ac
stod
bewrigen
fæste
0157
folde
mid
flode.
frea
engla
heht
0158
þurh
his
word
wesan
wæter
gemæne
0159
þa
nu
under
roderum
heora
ryne
healdað,
0160
stowe
gestefnde.
ða
stod
hraðe
0161
holm
under
heofonum,
swa
se
halga
bebead,
0162
sid
ætsomne
ða
gesundrod
wæs
0163
lago
wið
lande.
geseah
þa
lifes
weard
0164
drige
stowe,
dugoða
hyrde,
0165
wide
æteowde
þa
se
wuldorcyning
0166
eorðan
nemde.
gesette
yðum
heora
0167
onrihtne
ryne,
rumum
flode
0168
and
gefeterode ...
IV
0169
ne
þuhte
þa
gerysne
rodora
wearde
0170
þæt
adam
leng
ana
wære
0171
neorxnawonges
niwre
gesceafte
0172
hyrde
and
healdend.
forþon
him
heahcyning,
0173
frea
ælmihtig
fultum
tiode
0174
wif,
aweahte
and
þa
wraðe
sealde,
0175
lifes
leohtfruma,
leofum
rince.
0176
he
þæt
andweorc
of
adames
0177
lice
aleoðode
and
him
listum
ateah
0178
rib
of
sidan.
he
wæs
reste
fæst
0179
and
softe
swæf,
sar
ne
wiste,
0180
earfoða
dæl
ne
þær
ænig
com
0181
blod
of
benne
ac
him
brego
engla
0182
of
lice
ateah
liodende
ban,
0183
wer
unwundod.
of
þam
worhte
god
0184
freolice
fæmnan,
feorh
in
gedyde,
0185
ece
saula.
heo
wæron
englum
gelice.
0186
þa
wæs
adames
bryd
0187
gaste
gegearwod.
hie
on
geogoðe
bu
0188
wlitebeorht
wæron
on
woruld
cenned
0189
meotodes
mihtum.
man
ne
cuðon
0190
don
ne
dreogan
ac
him
drihtnes
wæs
0191
bam
on
breostum
byrnende
lufu.
0192
þa
gebletsode
bliðheort
cyning,
0193
metod
alwihta
monna
cynnes
0194
ða
forman
twa,
fæder
and
moder,
0195
wif
and
wæpned.
he
þa
worde
cwæð:
0196 “
Temað
nu
and
wexað,
tudre
fyllað
0197
eorðan
ælgrene
incre
cynne,
0198
sunum
and
dohtrum.
Inc
sceal
sealt
wæter
0199
wunian
on
gewealde
and
eall
worulde
gesceaft.
0200
brucað
blæddaga
and
brimhlæste
0201
and
heofonfugla.
Inc
is
halig
feoh
0202
and
wilde
deor
on
geweald
geseald
0203
and
lifigende
ða
ðe
land
tredað,
0204
feorheaceno
cynn
ða
ðe
flod
wecceð
0205
geond
hronrade.
Inc
hyrað
eall.” . . . . .
0206
þa
sceawode
scyppend
ure
0207
his
weorca
wlite
and
his
wæstma
blæd
0208
niwra
gesceafta.
neorxnawong
stod
0209
god
and
gastlic,
gifena
gefylled
0210
fremum
forðweardum.
fægere
leohte
0211
þæt
liðe
land
lago
yrnende,
0212
wylleburne.
nalles
wolcnu
ða giet
0213
ofer
rumne
grund
regnas
bæron,
0214
wann
mid
winde
hwæðre
wæstmum
stod
0215
folde
gefrætwod.
heoldon
forðryne
0216
eastreamas
heora
æðele
feower
0217
of
þam
niwan
neorxnawonge.
0218
þa
wæron
adælte
drihtnes
mihtum
0219
ealle
of
anum
þa
he
þas
eorðan
gesceop
0220
wætre
wlitebeorhtum
and
on
woruld
sende.
0221
þæne
hatað
ylde,
eorðbuende,
0222
fison
folcweras
se
foldan
dæl
0223
brade
bebugeð
beorhtum
streamum,
0224
hebeleat,
utan.
on
þære
eðyltyrf
0225
niððas
findað
nean
and
feorran
0226
gold
and
gymcynn,
gumþeoda
bearn,
0227
ða
selestan
þæs þe
us
secgað
bec.
0228
þonne
seo
æftre
ethiopia
0229
land
and
liodgeard
beligeð
uton
0230
ginne
rice
þære
is
geon
noma.
0231
þridda
is
tigris.
seo
wið
þeodscipe,
0232
ea
inflede,
assiriæ
belið.
0233
Swilce
is
seo
feorðe
þa
nu
geond
folc
monig
0234
weras
eufraten
wide
nemnað.
XIV
0852
þa
com
feran
frea
ælmihtig
0853
ofer
midne
dæg,
mære
þeoden,
0854
on
neorxnawang
neode
sine.
0855
wolde
neosian
nergend
usser,
0856
bilwit
fæder,
hwæt
his
bearn
dyde.
0857
wiste
forworhte
þa
he
ær
wlite
sealde.
0858
gewitan
him
þa
gangan
geomermode
0859
under
beamsceade,
blæde
bereafod.
0860
hyddon
hie
on
heolstre
þa
hie
halig
word
0861
drihtnes
gehyrdon
and
ondredon
him
0862
þa
sona
ongann
swegles
aldor
0863
weard
ahsian
woruldgesceafta.
0864
het
him
recene
to
rice
þeoden
0865
his
sunu
gangan.
him
þa
sylfa
oncwæð,
0866
hean
hleoðrade
hrægles
þearfa:
0867 “
Ic
wreo
me
her
wæda
leasne,
0868
liffrea
min,
leafum
þecce.
0869
scyldfull
mine,
sceaðen,
is
me
sare
0870
frecne
on
ferhðe,
ne
dear
nu
gan
0871
for
ðe
andweardne.
ic
eom
eall
eall
nacod.”
XV
0872
Him
ða
ædre
god
andswarede:
0873 “
Saga
me
þæt,
sunu
min,
for
hwon
secest
ðu
0874
sceade
sceomiende?
þu
sceonde
æt
me
0875
furðum
anfenge,
ac
gefean
eallum
0876
for
hwon
wast
þu
wean
and
wrihst
sceome,
0877
gesyhst
sorge,
and
þin
sylf
þecest,
0878
lic
mid
leafum,
sagast
lifceare
0879
hean
hygegeomor
þæt
þe
sie
hrægles
þearf
0880
nymþe
ðu
æppel
ænne
byrgde
0881
of
ðam
wudubeame
þe
ic
þe
wordum
forbead?”
0882
him
þa
adam
eft
andswarode:
0883 “
me
ða
blæda
on
hand
bryd
gesealde,
0884
freolucu
fæmne,
freadrihten
min
0885
ðe
ic
þe
on
teonan
geþah.
nu
ic
þæs
tacen
wege,
0886
sweotol
on
me
selfum.
wat
ic
sorga
ðy
ma.”
0887
Ða
ðæs
euan
frægn
ælmihtig
god:
0888 “
hwæt
druge
þu,
dohtor,
dugeþa
genohra
0889
niwra
gesceafta
neorxnawanges
0890
growendra
gifa
þa
þu
gitsiende
0891
on
beam
gripe,
blæda
name
0892
on
treowes
telgum
and
me
on
teonan
0893
æte
þa
unfreme?
adame
sealdest
0894
wæstme
þa
inc
wæron
wordum
minum
0895
fæste
forbodene.”
him
þa
freolecu
mæg,
0896
ides
æwiscmod,
andswarode:
0897 “
Me
nædre
beswac
and
me
neodlice
0898
to
forsceape
scyhte
and
to
scyldfrece,
0899
fah
wyrm
þurh
fægir
word
oð þæt
ic
fracoðlice
0900
feondræs
gefremede,
fæhðe
geworhte
0901
and
þa
reafode
swa
hit
riht
ne
wæs
0902
beam
on
bearwe
and
þa
blæda
æt.”
0903
þa
nædran
sceop
nergend
usser,
0904
frea
ælmihtig,
fagum
wyrme
0905
wide
siðas
and
þa
worde
cwæð:
0906 “
þu
scealt
wideferhð,
werg,
þinum
breostum
0907
bearme,
tredan
brade
eorðan,
0908
faran
feðeleas
þenden
þe
feorh
wunað,
0909
gast
on innan.
þu
scealt
greot
etan
0910
þine
lifdagas
swa
þu
laðlice
0911
wrohte
onstealdest
þe
þæt
wif
feoð,
0912
hatað
under
heofnum
and
þin
heafod
tredeð
0913
fah
mid
fotum
sinum.
þu
scealt
fiersna
sætan
0914
tohtan
niwre.
tuddor
bið
gemæne
0915
incrum
orlegnið
a
þenden
standeð
0916
woruld
under
wolcnum.
nu
þu
wast
and
canst,
0917
lað
leodsceaða,
hu
þu
lifian
scealt.”
XVI
0918
Ða
to
euan
god
yrringa
spræc:
0919 “
wend
þe
from
wynne.
þu
scealt
wæpnedmen
0920
wesan
on
gewealde
mid
weres
egsan
0921
hearde
genearwad,
hean
þrowian
0922
þinra
dæda
gedwild,
deaðes
bidan
0923
and
þurh
wop
and
heaf
on
woruld
cennan
0924
þurh
sar
micel
sunu
and
dohtor.”
0925
Abead
eac
adame
ece
drihten,
0926
lifes
leohtfruma,
lað
ærende:
0927 “
þu
scealt
oðerne
eðel
secean,
0928
wynleasran
wic,
and
on
wræc
hweorfan
0929
nacod
niedwædla
neorxnawanges,
0930
dugeðum
bedæled.
þe
is
gedal
witod
0931
lices
and
sawle.
hwæt,
þu
laðlice
0932
wrohte
onstealdest.
forþon
þu
winnan
scealt
0933
and
on
eorðan
þe
þine
andlifne
0934
selfa
geræcan,
wegan
swatighleor
0935
þinne
hlaf
etan
þenden
þu
her
leofast
0936
oð þæt
þe
to
heortan
hearde
gripeð
0937
adl
unliðe
þe
þu
on
æple
ær
0938
selfa
forswulge.
forþon
þu
sweltan
scealt.”
0939
Hwæt,
we
nu
gehyrað
hwær
us
hearmstafas
0940
wraðe
onwocan
and
woruldyrmðo.
0941
hie
þa
wuldres
weard
wædum
gyrede,
0942
scyppend
usser,
het
heora
sceome
þeccan
0943
frea
frumhrægle.
het
hie
from
hweorfan
0944
neorxnawange
on
nearore
lif.
0945
him
on
laste
beleac
liðsa
and
wynna
0946
hihtfulne
ham
halig
engel
0947
be
frean
hæse
fyrene
sweorde.
0948
ne
mæg
þær
inwitfull
ænig
geferan
0949
womscyldig
mon
ac
se
weard
hafað
0950
miht
and
strengðo.
se
þæt
mære
lif,
0951
dugeðum
deore,
drihtne
healdeð.
0952
No
hwæðre
ælmihtig
ealra
wolde
0953
adame
and
euan
arna
ofteon,
0954
fæder
æt
frymðe
þeah þe
he
him
from
swice
0955
Ac
he
him
to
frofre
let
hwæðere
forð
wesan
0956
hyrstedne
hrof
halgum
tunglum
0957
and
him
grundwelan
ginne
sealde.
0958
het
þam
sinhiwum
sæs
and
eorðan
0959
tuddorteondra
teohha
gehwilcre
0960
to
woruldnytte
wæstmas
fedan.
0961
Gesæton
þa
æfter
synne
sorgfulre
land,
0962
eard
and
eðyl,
unspedigran
0963
fremena
gehwilcre
þonne
se
frumstol
wæs
0964
þe
hie
æfter
dæde
of
adrifen
wurdon.
0965
Ongunnon
hie
þa
be
godes
hæse
0966
bearn
astrienan,
swa
him
metod
bebead.
0967
Adames
and
euan
aforan
wæron
0968
freolicu
twa
frumbearn
cenned,
0969
cain
and
abel.
us
cyðað
bec
0970
hu
þa
dædfruman
dugeþa
stryndon,
0971
welan
and
wiste,
willgebroðor.
0972
oðer
his
to
eorðan
elnes
tilode.
0973
se
wæs
ærboren.
oðer
æhte
heold
0974
fæder
on
fultum
oð þæt
forð
gewat
0975
dægrimes
worn.
hie
þa
drihtne
lac
0976
begen
brohton.
brego
engla
beseah
0977
on
abeles
gield
eagum
sinum.
0978
cyning
eallwihta,
caines
ne
wolde
0979
tiber
sceawian.
þæt
wæs
torn
were
0980
hefig
æt
heortan.
hygewælm
asteah
0981
beorne
on
breostum,
blatende
nið,
0982
yrre
for
æfstum.
he
þa
unræden
0983
folmum
gefremede,
freomæg
ofsloh,
0984
broðor
sinne
and
his
blod
ageat,
0985
cain
abeles.
cwealmdreore
swealh
0986
þæs
middangeard,
monnes
swate,
0987
æfter
wælswenge.
wea
wæs
aræred,
0988
tregena
tuddor.
of
ðam
twige
siððan
0989
ludon
laðwende
leng
swa
swiðor
0990
reðe
wæstme.
ræhton
wide
0991
geond
werþeoda
wrohtes
telgan.
0992
hrinon
hearmtanas
hearde
and
sare
0993
drihta
bearnum.
doð
gieta
swa.
0994
Of
þam
brad
blado
bealwa
gehwilces
0995
sprytan
ongunnon.
we
þæt
spell
magon,
0996
wælgrimme
wyrd,
wope
cwiðan,
0997
nales
holunge
Ac
us
hearde
sceod
0998
freolecu
fæmne
þurh
forman
gylt
0999
þe
wið
metod
æfre
men
gefremeden,
1000
eorðbuende
siððan
adam
wearð
1001
of
godes
muðe
gaste
eacen.
XVII
1002
Ða
worde
frægn
wuldres
aldor
1003
cain
hwær
abel
eorðan
wære.
1004
Him
ða
se
cystleasa
cwealmes
wyrhta
1005
ædre
æfter
þon
andswarode:
1006 “
ne
can
ic
abeles
or
ne
fore,
1007
hleomæges
sið.
ne
ic
hyrde
wæs
1008
broðer
mines.”
him
þa
brego
engla,
1009
godspedig
gast,
gean
þingade:
1010 “
hwæt
befealdest
þu
folmum
þinum
1011
wraðum
on
wælbedd
wærfæstne
rinc,
1012
broðor
þinne,
and
his
blod
to
me
1013
cleopað
and
cigeð?
þu
þæs
cwealmes
scealt
1014
wite
winnan
and
on
wræc
hweorfan,
1015
awyrged
to
widan
aldre.
ne
seleð
þe
wæstmas
eorðe
1016
wlitige
to
woruldnytte
ac
heo
wældreore
swealh
1017
halge
of
handum
þinum.
forþon
heo
þe
hroðra
oftihð,
1018
glæmes
grene
folde.
þu
scealt
geomor
hweorfan,
1019
arleas
of
earde
þinum
swa
þu
abele
wurde
1020
to
feorhbanan.
forþon
þu
flema
scealt
1021
widlast
wrecan,
winemagum
lað.”
1022
Him
þa
ædre
cain
andswarode:
1023 “
Ne
þearf
ic
ænigre
are
wenan
1024
on
woruldrice
ac
ic
forworht
hæbbe,
1025
heofona
heahcyning,
hyldo
þine,
1026
lufan
and
freode.
forþon
ic
lastas
sceal
1027
wean
on
wenum
wide
lecgan.
1028
hwonne
me
gemitte
manscyldigne
1029
se
me
feor
oððe
neah
fæhðe
gemonige
1030
broðorcwealmes.
ic
his
blod
ageat,
1031
dreor
on
eorðan.
þu
to
dæge
þissum
1032
ademest
me
fram
duguðe
and
adrifest
from
1033
earde
minum.
me
to
aldorbanan
1034
weorðeð
wraðra
sum.
ic
awyrged
sceal,
1035
þeoden,
of
gesyhðe
þinre
hweorfan.”
1036
Him
þa
selfa
oncwæð
sigora
drihten:
1037 “
ne
þearft
ðu
þe
ondrædan
deaðes
brogan,
1038
feorhcwealm
nu
giet
þeah
þu
from
scyle
1039
freomagum
feor
fah
gewitan.
1040
gif
þe
monna
hwelc
mundum
sinum
1041
aldre
beneoteð
hine
on
cymeð
1042
æfter
þære
synne
seofonfeald
wracu,
1043
wite
æfter
weorce.”
hine
waldend
on,
1044
tirfæst
metod,
tacen
sette,
1045
freoðobeacen,
frea,
þy læs
hine
feonda
hwilc
1046
mid
guðþræce
gretan
dorste
1047
feorran
oððe
nean.
heht
þa
from
hweorfan
1048
meder
and
magum
manscyldigne,
1049
cnosle
sinum.
him
þa
cain
gewat
1050
gongan
geomormod
gode
of
gesyhðe,
1051
wineleas
wrecca,
and
him
þa
wic
geceas
1052
eastlandum
on,
eðelstowe
1053
fædergeardum
feor
þær
him
freolecu
mæg,
1054
ides
æfter
æðelum
eaforan
fedde.
1055
Se
æresta
wæs
enos
haten,
1056
frumbearn
caines,
siððan
ongon
1057
mid
þam
cneomagum
ceastre
timbran.
1058
þæt
wæs
under
wolcnum
weallfæstenna
1059
ærest
ealra
þara
þe
æðelingas,
1060
sweordberende,
settan
heton.
1061
þanon
his
eaforan
ærest
wocan,
1062
bearn
from
bryde,
on
þam
burhstede.
1063
Se
yldesta
wæs
iared
haten,
1064
sunu
enoses.
siððan
wocan
1065
þa
þæs
cynnes
cneowrim
icton,
1066
mægburg
caines.
malalehel
wæs
1067
æfter
iarede
yrfes
hyrde
1068
fæder
on
laste
oð þæt
he
forð
gewat.
1069
Siððan
mathusal
magum
dælde,
1070
bearn
æfter
bearne
broðrum
sinum,
1071
æðelinga
gestreon
oð þæt
aldorgedal
1072
frod
fyrndagum
fremman
sceolde,
1073
lif
oflætan.
lameh
onfeng
1074
æfter
fæder
dæge
fletgestealdum,
1075
botlgestreonum.
him
bryda
twa,
1076
idesa
on
eðle,
eaforan
feddon,
1077
ada
and
sella.
þara
anum
wæs
1078
iabal
noma.
se
þurh
gleawne
geþanc
1079
herbuendra
hearpan
ærest
1080
handum
sinum
hlyn
awehte,
1081
swinsigende
sweg,
sunu
lamehes.
XVIII
1082
Swylce
on
ðære
mægðe
maga
wæs
haten
1083
on
þa
ilcan
tid
tubalcain.
1084
se
þurh
snytro
sped
smiðcræftega
wæs
1085
and
þurh
modes
gemynd
monna
ærest,
1086
sunu
lamehes,
sulhgeweorces
1087
fruma
wæs
ofer
foldan,
siððan
folca
bearn
1088
æres
cuðon
and
isernes,
1089
burhsittende,
brucan
wide.
1090
þa
his
wifum
twæm
wordum
sægde
1091
lameh
seolfa,
leofum
gebeddum,
1092
adan
and
sellan,
unarlic
spel:
1093 “
ic
on
morðor
ofsloh
minra
sumne
1094
hyldemaga,
honda
gewemde
1095
on
caines
cwealme
mine,
1096
fylde
mid
folmum
fæder
enoses,
1097
ordbanan
abeles,
eorðan
sealde
1098
wældreor
weres,
wat
ic
gearwe
1099
þæt
þam
lichryre
on
last
cymeð
1100
soðcyninges
seofonfeald
wracu
1101
micel
æfter
mane.
min
sceal
swiðor
1102
mid
grimme
gryre
golden
wurðan
1103
fyll
and
feorhcwealm
þonne
ic
forð
scio.”
1104
þa
wearð
adame
on
abeles
gyld
1105
eafora
on
eðle
oþer
feded,
1106
soðfæst
sunu,
þam
wæs
seth
noma.
1107
se
wæs
eadig
and
his
yldrum
ðah
1108
freolic
to
frofre,
fæder
and
meder,
1109
adames
and
euan,
wæs
abeles
gield
1110
on
woruldrice.
þa
word
acwæð
1111
ord
moncynnes:
“ me
ece
sealde
1112
sunu
selfa,
sigora
waldend,
1113
lifes
aldor
on
leofes
stæl
1114
þæs
þe
cain
ofsloh
and
me
cearsorge
1115
mid
þys
magotimbre
of
mode
asceaf
1116
þeoden
usser.
him
þæs
þanc
sie.”
1117
Adam
hæfde
þa
he
eft
ongan
1118
him
to
eðulstæfe
oðres
strienan
1119
bearnes
be
bryde,
beorn
ellenrof,
1120
þrittig
and
hundteontig
þisses
lifes
1121
wintra
on
worulde.
us
gewritu
secgað
1122
þæt
her
eahtahund
iecte
siððan
1123
mægðum
and
mæcgum
mægburg
sine.
1124
adam
on
eorðan
ealra
hæfde
1125
nigenhund
wintra
1126
and
þrittig
eac
þa
he
þas
woruld
1127
þurh
gastgedal
ofgyfan
sceolde.
1128
him
on
laste
seth
leof
weardode,
1129
eafora
æfter
yldrum,
eþelstol
heold,
1130
and
wif
begeat.
wintra
hæfde
1131
fif
and
hundteontig
þa
heo
furðum
ongan
1132
his
mægburge
men
geicean
1133
sunum
and
dohtrum.
sedes
eafora
1134
se
yldesta
wæs
enos
haten.
1135
se
nemde
god
niðþa
bearna
1136
ærest
ealra
siððan
adam
stop
1137
on
grene
græs,
gaste
geweorðad.
1138
Seth
wæs
gesælig.
siððan
strynde
1139
seofon
winter
her
suna
and
dohtra
1140
ond
eahtahund.
ealra
hæfde
1141
twelf
and
nigonhund
þa
seo
tid
gewearð
1142
þæt
he
friðgedal
fremman
sceolde.
1143
him
æfter
heold
þa
he
of
worulde
gewat
1144
enos
yrfe
siððan
eorðe
swealh
1145
sædberendes
sethes
lice.
1146
he
wæs
leof
gode
and
lifde
her
1147
wintra
hundnigontig
ær
he
be
wife
her
1148
þurh
gebedscipe
bearn
astrynde.
1149
him
þa
cenned
wearð
cainan
ærest
1150
eafora
on
eðle.
siððan
eahtahund
1151
and
fiftyno
on
friðo
drihtnes
1152
gleawferhð
hæleð
geogoðe
strynde,
1153
suna
and
dohtra.
swealt
þa
he
hæfde,
1154
frod
fyrnwita,
fif
and
nigonhund.
1155
þære
cneorisse
wæs
cainan
siððan
1156
æfter
enose
aldordema,
1157
weard
and
wisa.
wintra
hæfde
1158
efne
hundseofontig
ær
him
sunu
woce.
1159
þa
wearð
on
eðle
eafora
feded,
1160
mago
cainanes,
malalehel
wæs
haten.
1161
siððan
eahtahund
æðelinga
rim
1162
and
feowertig
eac
feorum
geicte.
1163
enoses
sunu
ealra
nigonhund
1164
wintra
hæfde
þa
he
woruld
ofgeaf
1165
and
tyne
eac
þa
his
tiddæge
1166
under
rodera
rum
rim
wæs
gefylled.
XIX
1167
Him
on
laste
heold
land
and
yrfe
1168
malalehel
siððan
missera
worn.
1169
se
frumgara
fif
and
sixtig
1170
wintra
hæfde
þa
he
be
wife
ongann
1171
bearna
strynan.
him
bryd
sunu,
1172
meowle
to
monnum
brohte.
se
maga
wæs
1173
on
his
mægðe,
mine
gefræge,
1174
guma
on
geogoðe
iared
haten.
1175
lifde
siððan
and
lissa
breac
1176
malalehel
lange
mondreama
her,
1177
woruldgestreona,
wintra
hæfde
1178
fif
and
hundnigontig,
þa
he
forð
gewat
1179
and
eahtahund.
eaforan
læfde
1180
land
and
leodweard.
longe
siððan
1181
geared
gumum
gold
brittade.
1182
se
eorl
wæs
æðele,
æfæst
hæleð
1183
and
se
frumgar
his
freomagum
leof.
1184
fif
and
hundteontig
on
fyore
lifde
1185
wintra
gebidenra
on
woruldrice
1186
and
syxtig
eac
þa
seo
sæl
gewearð
1187
þæt
his
wif
sunu
on
woruld
brohte.
1188
se
eafora
wæs
enoc
haten,
1189
freolic
frumbearn.
fæder
her
þa gyt
1190
his
cynnes
forð
cneorim
icte
1191
eafora
eahtahund.
ealra
hæfde
1192
fif
and
syxtig,
þa
he
forð
gewat
1193
and
nigonhund
eac
nihtgerimes,
1194
wine
frod
wintres
þa
he
þas
woruld
ofgeaf
1195
Ond
geared
þa
gleawum
læfde
1196
land
and
leodweard,
leofum
rince.
1197
enoch
siððan
ealdordom
ahof,
1198
freoðosped
folces
wisa,
nalles
feallan
let
1199
dom
and
drihtscipe
1200
þenden
he
hyrde
wæs
heafodmaga,
1201
breac
blæddaga,
bearna
strynde
1202
þreohund
wintra.
him
wæs
þeoden
hold,
1203
rodera
waldend.
se
rinc
heonon
1204
on
lichoman
lisse
sohte,
1205
drihtnes
duguðe,
nales
deaðe
swealt
1206
middangeardes
swa
her
men
doþ
1207
geonge
and
ealde
þonne
him
god
heora
1208
æhta
and
ætwist
eorðan
gestreona
1209
on
genimeð
and
heora
aldor
somed.
1210
Ac
he
cwic
gewat
mid
cyning
engla
1211
of
þyssum
lænan
life,
frean,
1212
on
þam
gearwum
þe
his
gast
onfeng
1213
ær
hine
to
monnum
modor
brohte.
1214
he
þam
yldestan
eaforan
læfde
1215
folc,
frumbearne.
fif
and
syxtig
1216
wintra
hæfde
þa
he
woruld
ofgeaf
1217
and
eac
þreohund.
þrage
siððan
1218
mathusal
heold
maga
yrfe.
1219
se
on
lichoman
lengest
þisse
1220
worulddreama
breac,
worn
gestrynde
1221
ær
his
swyltdæge
suna
and
dohtra.
1222
hæfde
frod
hæle
þa
he
from
sceolde
1223
niþþum
hweorfan
nigonhund
wintra
1224
and
hundseofontig
to.
sunu
æfter
heold,
1225
lamech,
leodgeard
lange
siððan,
1226
woruld
bryttade.
wintra
hæfde
1227
twa
and
hundteontig
þa
seo
tid
gewearð
1228
þæt
se
eorl
ongan
æðele
cennan,
1229
sunu
and
dohtor.
siððan
lifde
1230
fif
and
hundnigontig,
frea,
moniges
breac
1231
wintra
under
wolcnum,
werodes
aldor,
1232
fifhund
eac
heold
þæt
folc
teala,
1233
bearna
strynde.
him
byras
wocan
1234
eafora
and
idesa.
he
þone
yldestan
1235
noæ
nemde
se
niððum
ær
1236
land
bryttade
siððan
lamech
gewat.
1237
hæfde
æðelinga
aldorwisa
1238
fifhund
wintra
þa
he
furðum
ongan
1239
bearna
strynan
þæs þe
bec
cweðaþ.
1240
Sem
wæs
haten
sunu
noes
1241
se
yldesta,
oðer
cham,
1242
þridda
iafeth.
þeoda
tymdon
1243
rume
under
roderum,
rim
miclade
1244
monna
mægðe
geond
middangeard
1245
sunum
and
dohtrum.
Ða giet
wæs
sethes
cynn,
1246
leofes
leodfruman
on
lufan
swiðe
1247
drihtne
dyre
and
domeadig
XX
1248
oð þæt
bearn
godes
bryda
ongunnon
1249
on
caines
cynne
secan
1250
wergum
folce
and
him
þær
wif
curon
1251
ofer
metodes
est
monna
eaforan,
1252
scyldfulra
mægð
scyne
and
fægere.
1253
þa
reordade
rodora
waldend
1254
wrað
moncynne
and
þa
worde
cwæð:
1255 “
Ne
syndon
me
on
ferhðe
freo
from
gewitene
1256
cneorisn
caines,
ac
me
þæt
cynn
hafað
1257
sare
abolgen.
nu
me
sethes
bearn
1258
torn
niwiað
and
him
to
nimað
1259
mægeð
to
gemæccum
minra
feonda
1260
þær
wifa
wlite
onwod
grome,
1261
idesa
ansien
and
ece
feond,
1262
folcdriht
wera
þa
ær
on
friðe
wæron.”
1263
siððan
hundtwelftig
geteled
rime
1264
wintra
on
worulde
wræce
bisegodon
1265
fæge
þeoda
hwonne
frea
wolde
1266
on
wærlogan
wite
settan
1267
and
on
deað
slean
dædum
scyldige
1268
gigantmæcgas,
gode
unleofe,
1269
micle
mansceaðan,
metode
laðe.
1270
þa
geseah
selfa
sigoro
waldend
1271
hwæt
wæs
monna
manes
on
eorðan
1272
and
þæt
hie
wæron
womma
ðriste,
1273
inwitfulle
he
þæt
unfægere
1274
wera
cneorissum
gewrecan
þohte,
1275
forgripan
gumcynne
grimme
and
sare
1276
heardum
mihtum.
hreaw
hine
swiðe
1277
þæt
he
folcmægþa
fruman
aweahte,
1278
æðelinga
ord
þa
he
adam
sceop,
1279
cwæð
þæt
he
wolde
for
wera
synnum
1280
eall
aæðan
þæt
on
eorðan
wæs,
1281
forleosan
lica
gehwilc
þara
þe
lifes
gast
1282
fæðmum
þeahte.
eall
þæt
frea
wolde
1283
on
ðære
toweardan
tide
acwellan
1284
þe
þa
nealæhte
niðða
bearnum.
1285
Noe
wæs
god,
nergende
leof,
1286
swiðe
gesælig,
sunu
lameches,
1287
domfæst
and
gedefe.
drihten
wiste
1288
þæt
þæs
æðelinges
ellen
dohte
1289
breostgehygdum.
forðon
him
brego
sægde,
1290
halig
æt
hleoðre,
helm
allwihta,
1291
hwæt
he
fah
werum
fremman
wolde.
1292
geseah
unrihte
eorðan
fulle,
1293
side
sælwongas
synnum
gehladene,
1294
widlum
gewemde.
þa
waldend
spræc,
1295
nergend
usser
and
to
noe
cwæð:
1296 “
Ic
wille
mid
flode
folc
acwellan
1297
and
cynna
gehwilc
cucra
wuhta
1298
þara
þe
lyft
and
flod
lædað
and
fedað,
1299
feoh
and
fuglas.
þu
scealt
frið
habban
1300
mid
sunum
þinum,
ðonne
sweart
wæter,
1301
wonne
wælstreamas
werodum
swelgað
1302
sceaðum
scyldfullum.
ongyn
þe
scip
wyrcan,
1303
merehus
micel.
on
þam
þu
monegum
scealt
1304
reste
geryman
and
rihte
setl
1305
ælcum
æfter
agenum
eorðan
tudre.
1306
gescype
scylfan
on
scipes
bosme.
1307
þu
þær
fær
gewyrc
fiftiges
wid,
1308
ðrittiges
heah
and
þreohund
lang
1309
elngemeta
and
wið
yða
gewyrc
1310
gefeg
fæste
þær
sceal
fæsl
wesan
1311
cwiclifigendra
cynna
gehwilces
1312
on
þæt
wudufæsten,
wocor
gelæded
1313
eorðan
tudres.
earc
sceal
þy
mare.”
1314
Noe
fremede
swa
hine
nergend
heht,
1315
hyrde
þam
halgan
heofoncyninge,
1316
ongan
ofostlice
þæt
hof
wyrcan,
1317
micle
merecieste.
magum
sægde
1318
þæt
wæs
þrealic
þing
þeodum
toweard,
1319
reðe
wite.
hie
ne
rohton
þæs.
1320
geseah
þa
ymb
wintra
worn
wærfæst
metod
1321
geofonhusa
mæst
gearo
hlifigean,
1322
innan
and
utan
eorðan
lime
1323
gefæstnod
wið
flode,
fær
noes,
1324
þy
selestan.
þæt
is
syndrig
cynn.
1325
Symle
bið
þy
heardra
þe
hit
hreoh
wæter,
1326
swearte
sæstreamas
swiðor
beatað.
XXI
1327
Ða
to
Noe
cwæð
nergend
usser:
1328 “
ic
þe
þæs
mine,
monna
leofost,
1329
wære
gesylle
þæt
þu
weg
nimest
1330
and
feora
fæsl
þe
þu
ferian
scealt
1331
geond
deop
wæter
dægrimes
worn
1332
on
lides
bosme.
læd
swa
ic
þe
hate
1333
under
earce
bord
eaforan
þine,
1334
frumgaran
þry
and
eower
feower
wif.
1335
Ond
þu
seofone
genim
on
þæt
sundreced
1336
tudra
gehwilces
geteled
rimes
1337
þara
þe
to
mete
mannum
lifige
1338
and
þara
oðera
ælces
twa.
1339
Swilce
þu
of
eallum
eorðan
wæstmum
1340
wiste
under
wægbord
werodum
gelæde
1341
þam
þe
mid
sceolon
mereflod
nesan.
1342
fed
freolice
feora
wocre
1343
oð
ic
þære
lafe
lagosiða
eft
1344
reorde
under
roderum
ryman
wille.
1345
Gewit
þu
nu
mid
hiwum
on
þæt
hof
gangan
1346
gasta
werode.
Ic
þe
godne
wat,
1347
fæsthydigne.
þu
eart
freoðo
wyrðe,
1348
ara
mid
eaforum.
ic
on
andwlitan
1349
nu
ofor
seofon
niht
sigan
læte
1350
wællregn
ufan
widre
eorðan.
1351
feowertig
daga
fæhðe
ic
wille
1352
on
weras
stælan
and
mid
wægþreate
1353
æhta
and
agend
eall
acwellan
1354
þa
beutan
beoð
earce
bordum
1355
þonne
sweart
racu
stigan
onginneð.”
1356
Him
þa
noe
gewat
swa
hine
nergend
het
1357
under
earce
bord
eaforan
lædan,
1358
weras
on
wægþæl
and
heora
wif
somed
1359
and
eall
þæt
to
fæsle
frea
ælmihtig
1360
habban
wolde,
under
hrof
gefor
1361
to
heora
ætgifan,
swa
him
ælmihtig
1362
weroda
drihten
þurh
his
word
abead.
1363
Him
on
hoh
beleac
heofonrices
weard
1364
merehuses
muð
mundum
sinum,
1365
sigora
waldend,
and
segnade
1366
earce
innan
agenum
spedum
1367
nergend
usser.
Noe
hæfde,
1368
sunu
Lameches,
syxhund
wintra
1369
þa
he
mid
bearnum
under
bord
gestah,
1370
gleaw
mid
geogoðe,
be
godes
hæse,
1371
dugeðum
dyrum.
drihten
sende
1372
regn
from
roderum
and
eac
rume
let
1373
willeburnan
on
woruld
þringan
1374
of
ædra
gehwære,
egorstreamas
1375
swearte
swogan.
sæs
up
stigon
1376
ofer
stæðweallas.
strang
wæs
and
reðe
1377
se
ðe
wætrum
weold,
wreah
and
þeahte
1378
manfæhðu
bearn,
middangeardes,
1379
wonnan
wæge,
wera
eðelland;
1380
hof
hergode,
hygeteonan
wræc
1381
metod
on
monnum.
mere
swiðe
grap
1382
on
fæge
folc
feowertig
daga,
1383
nihta
oðer
swilc.
nið
wæs
reðe,
1384
wællgrim
werum.
wuldorcyninges
1385
yða
wræcon
arleasra
feorh
1386
of
flæschoman.
flod
ealle
wreah,
1387
hreoh
under
heofonum
hea
beorgas
1388
geond
sidne
grund
and
on
sund
ahof
1389
earce
from
eorðan
and
þa
æðelo
mid
1390
Þa
segnade
selfa
drihten,
1391
scyppend
usser
þa
he
þæt
scip
beleac.
1392
Siððan
wide
rad
wolcnum
under
1393
ofer
holmes
hrincg
hof
seleste,
1394
for
mid
fearme.
fære
ne
moston
1395
wægliðendum
wætres
brogan
1396
hæste
hrinon
ac
hie
halig
god
1397
ferede
and
nerede.
fiftena
stod
1398
deop
ofer
dunum
sæ
drenceflod
1399
monnes
elna.
þæt
is
mæro
wyrd.
1400
þam
æt
niehstan
wæs
nan
to
gedale
1401
nymþe
heo
wæs
ahafen
on
þa
hean
lyft.
1402
þa
se
egorhere
eorðan
tuddor
1403
eall
acwealde
buton
þæt
earce
bord
1404
heold
heofona
frea
þa
hine
halig
god,
1405
ece
upp
forlet
ed
monne
1406
streamum
stigan,
stiðferhð
cyning.
XXII
1407
Þa
gemunde
god
mereliðende,
1408
sigora
waldend,
sunu
lameches
1409
and
ealle
þa
wocre
þe
he
wið
wætre
beleac,
1410
lifes
leohtfruma,
on
lides
bosme.
1411
Gelædde
þa
wigend
weroda
drihten
1412
worde
ofer
widland.
willflod
ongan
1413
lytligan
eft.
lago
ebbade
1414
sweart
under
swegle.
hæfde
soð
metod
1415
eaforum
egstream
eft
gecyrred,
1416
torht
ryne,
regn
gestilled.
1417
for
famig
scip
fiftig
and
hundteontig
1418
nihta
under
roderum,
siððan
nægledbord,
1419
fær
seleste,
flod
up
ahof
1420
oðþæt
rimgetæl
reðre
þrage
1421
daga
forð
gewat.
ða
on
dunum
gesæt
1422
heah
mid
hlæste
holmærna
mæst,
1423
earc
noes,
þe
armenia
1424
hatene
syndon.
þær
se
halga
bad,
1425
sunu
lameches,
soðra
gehata
1426
lange
þrage
hwonne
him
lifes
weard,
1427
frea
ælmihtig,
frecenra
siða
1428
reste
ageafe
þære
he
rume
dreah
1429
þa
hine
on
sunde
geond
sidne
grund
1430
wonne
yða
wide
bæron.
1431
holm
wæs
heononweard.
hæleð
langode,
1432
wægliðende,
swilce
wif
heora
1433
hwonne
hie
of
nearwe
ofer
nægledbord
1434
ofer
streamstaðe
stæppan
mosten
1435
and
of
enge
ut
æhta
lædan.
1436
Þa
fandode
forðweard
scipes,
1437
hwæðer
sincende
sæflod
þa gyt
1438
wære
under
wolcnum.
let
þa
ymb
worn
daga
1439
þæs þe
heah
hlioðo
horde
onfengon
1440
and
æðelum
eac
eorðan
tudres
1441
sunu
lameches
sweartne
fleogan
1442
hrefn
ofer
heahflod
of
huse
ut.
1443
Noe
tealde
þæt
he
on
neod
hine,
1444
gif
he
on
þære
lade
land
ne
funde,
1445
ofer
sidwæter
secan
wolde
1446
on
wægþele.
eft
him
seo
wen
geleah
1447
ac
se
feond
gespearn
fleotende
hreaw.
1448
salwigfeðera
secan
nolde.
1449
He
þa
ymb
seofon
niht
sweartum
hrefne
1450
of
earce
forlet
æfter
fleogan
1451
ofer
heah
wæter
haswe
culufran
1452
on
fandunga
hwæðer
famig
sæ
1453
deop
þa gyta
dæl
ænigne
1454
grenre
eorðan
ofgifen
hæfde.
1455
heo
wide
hire
willan
sohte
1456
and
rume
fleah.
no
hweðere
reste
fand
1457
þæt
heo
for
flode
fotum
ne
meahte
1458
land
gespornan
ne
on
leaf
treowes
1459
steppan
for
streamum
ac
wæron
steap
hleoðo
1460
bewrigen
mid
wætrum.
Gewat
se
wilda
fugel
1461
on
æfenne
earce
secan
1462
ofer
wonne
wæg,
werig
sigan
1463
hungri
to
handa
halgum
rince.
1464
Ða
wæs
culufre
eft
of
cofan
sended
1465
ymb
wucan,
wilde.
seo
wide
fleah
1466
oðþæt
heo
rumgal
reste
stowe
1467
fægere
funde
and
þa
fotum
stop
1468
on
beam
hyre.
gefeah
bliðemod
1469
þæs þe
heo
gesittan
swiðe
werig
1470
on
treowes
telgum
torhtum
moste.
1471
heo
feðera
onsceoc,
gewat
fleogan
eft
1472
mid
lacum
hire.
liðend
brohte
1473
elebeames
twig
an
to
handa,
1474
grene
blædæ.
þa
ongeat
hraðe
1475
flotmonna
frea
þæt
wæs
frofor
cumen,
1476
earfoðsiða
bot.
Þa gyt
se
eadega
wer
1477
ymb
wucan
þriddan
wilde
culufran
1478
ane
sende.
seo
eft
ne
com
1479
to
lide
fleogan
ac
heo
land
begeat,
1480
grene
bearwas.
nolde
gladu
æfre
1481
under
salwedbord
syððan
ætywan
1482
on
þellfæstenne
þa
hire
þearf
ne
wæs.
XXIII
1483
Þa
to
Noe
spræc
nergend
usser,
1484
heofonrices
weard,
halgan
reorde:
1485 “
þe
is
eðelstol
eft
gerymed,
1486
lisse
on
lande,
lagosiða
rest
1487
fæger
on
foldan.
gewit
on
freðo
gangan
1488
ut
of
earce
and
on
eorðan
bearm
1489
of
þam
hean
hofe
hiwan
læd
þu
1490
and
ealle
þa
wocre
þe
ic
wægþrea
1491
on
hliðe
nerede
þenden
lago
hæfde,
1492
þrymme
geþeahte,
þriddan
eðyl.”
1493
He
fremede
swa
and
frean
hyrde,
1494
stah
ofer
streamweall
swa
him
seo
stefn
bebead
1495
lustum
miclum
and
alædde
þa
1496
of
wægþele
wraðra
lafe.
1497
þa
noe
ongan
nergende
lac,
1498
rædfæst,
reðran,
and
recene
genam
1499
on
eallum
dæl
æhtum
sinum
1500
ðam
ðe
him
to
dugeðum
drihten
sealde,
1501
gleaw
to
þam
gielde
and
þa
gode
selfum
1502
torhtmod
hæle
tiber
onsægde,
1503
cyninge
engla.
huru
cuð
dyde
1504
nergend
usser
þa
he
noe
1505
gebletsade
and
his
bearn
somed
1506
þæt
he
þæt
gyld
on
þanc
agifen
hæfde
1507
and
on
geogoðhade
godum
dædum
1508
ær
geearnod.
þa
him
ealra
wæs
1509
ara
este
ælmihtig
god,
1510
domfæst
dugeþa,
þa gyt
drihten
cwæð,
1511
wuldres
aldor
word
to
noe:
1512 “
Tymað
nu
and
tiedrað,
tires
brucað,
1513
mid
gefean
fryðo,
fyllað
eorðan,
1514
eall
geiceað.
eow
is
eðelstol,
1515
holmes
hlæst
and
heofonfuglas
1516
and
wildu
deor
on
geweald
geseald,
1517
eorðe
ælgrene
and
eacen
feoh.
1518
næfre
ge
mid
blode
beodgereordu
1519
unarlice
eowre
þicgeað,
1520
besmiten
mid
synne
sawldreore.
1521
ælc
hine
selfa
ærest
begrindeð
1522
gastes
dugeðum
þæra
þe
mid
gares
orde
1523
oðrum
aldor
oðþringeð.
ne
ðearf
he
þy
edleane
gefeon
1524
modgeþance
ac
ic
monnes
feorh
1525
to
slagan
seðe
swiðor
micle
1526
and
to
broðor
banan,
þæs þe
blodgyte,
1527
wællfyll
weres
wæpnum
gespedeð,
1528
morð
mid
mundum.
monn
wæs
to
godes
1529
anlicnesse
ærest
gesceapen.
1530
ælc
hafað
magwlite
metodes
and
engla
1531
þara
þe
healdan
wile
halige
þeawas.
1532
weaxað
and
wridað,
wilna
brucað,
1533
ara
on
eorðan;
æðelum
fyllað
1534
eowre
fromcynne
foldan
sceatas,
1535
teamum
and
tudre.
ic
eow
treowa
þæs
1536
mine
selle
þæt
ic
on
middangeard
1537
næfre
egorhere
eft
gelæde,
1538
wæter
ofer
widland.
ge
on
wolcnum
þæs
1539
oft
gelome
andgiettacen
1540
magon
sceawigan
þonne
ic
scurbogan
1541
minne
iewe
þæt
ic
monnum
þas
1542
wære
gelæste
þenden
woruld
standeð.”
1543
Ða
wæs
se
snotra
sunu
lamehes
1544
of
fere
acumen
flode
on
laste
1545
mid
his
eaforum
þrim,
yrfes
hyrde
1546
and
heora
feower
wif;
siððan
fæle
gestod
1547
[nemde
wæron
percoba,
olla,
1548
olliua,
olliuani.]
1549
wærfæst
metod
wætra
lafe.
1550
hæleð
hygerofe
hatene
wæron,
1551
suna
noes
sem
and
cham,
1552
iafeð
þridda.
from
þam
gumrincum
1553
folc
geludon
and
gefylled
wearð
1554
eall
þes
middangeard
monna
bearnum.
XXIV
1555
Ða
Noe
ongan
niwan
stefne
1556
mid
hleomagum
ham
staðelian
1557
and
to
eorðan
him
ætes
tilian,
1558
won
and
worhte,
wingeard
sette,
1559
seow
sæda
fela,
sohte
georne
1560
þa
him
wlitebeorhte
wæstmas
brohte,
1561
geartorhte
gife,
grene
folde.
1562
Ða
þæt
geeode,
þæt
se
eadega
wer
1563
on
his
wicum
wearð
wine
druncen,
1564
swæf
symbelwerig
and
him
selfa
sceaf
1565
reaf
of
lice.
swa
gerysne
ne
wæs,
1566
læg
þa
limnacod.
he
lyt
ongeat
1567
þæt
him
on
his
inne
swa
earme
gelamp
1568
þa
him
on
hreðre
heafodswima
1569
on
þæs
halgan
hofe
heortan
clypte.
1570
swiðe
on
slæpe
sefa
nearwode
1571
þæt
he
ne
mihte
on
gemynd
drepen,
1572
hine
handum
self
mid
hrægle
wryon
1573
and
sceome
þeccan,
swa
gesceapu
wæron
1574
werum
and
wifum
siððan
wuldres
þegn
1575
ussum
fæder
and
meder
fyrene
sweorde
1576
on
laste
beleac
lifes
eðel.
1577
þa
com
ærest
cam
In
siðian,
1578
eafora
noes,
þær
his
aldor
læg,
1579
ferhðe
forstolen.
þær
he
freondlice
1580
on
his
agenum
fæder
are
ne
wolde
1581
gesceawian
ne
þa
sceonde
huru
1582
hleomagum
helan
ac
he
hlihende
1583
broðrum
sægde
hu
se
beorn
hine
1584
reste
on
recede.
hie
þa
raðe
stopon,
1585
heora
andwlitan
in
bewrigenum
1586
under
loðum
listum
þæt
hie
leofum
men
1587
geoce
gefremede.
gode
wæron
begen,
1588
sem
and
iafeð.
Ða
of
slæpe
onbrægd
1589
sunu
lamehes
and
þa
sona
ongeat
1590
þæt
him
cynegodum
cham
ne
wolde,
1591
þa
him
wæs
are
þearf,
ænige
cyðan
1592
hyldo
and
treowa.
þæt
þam
halgan
wæs
1593
sar
on
mode.
ongan
þa
his
selfes
bearn
1594
wordum
wyrgean,
cwæð
he
wesan
sceolde
1595
hean
under
heofnum
hleomaga
þeow,
1596
cham
on
eorþan.
him
þa
cwyde
syððan
1597
and
his
fromcynne
frecne
scodon.
1598
þa
nyttade
noe
siððan
1599
mid
sunum
sinum
sidan
rices
1600
ðreohund
wintra
þisses
lifes,
1601
freomen
æfter
flode
and
fiftig
eac
þa
he
forð
gewat.
1602
siððan
his
eaforan
ead
bryttedon,
1603
bearna
stryndon.
him
wæs
beorht
wela.
1604
þa
wearð
iafeðe
geogoð
afeded,
1605
hyhtlic
heorðwerod
heafodmaga,
1606
sunu
and
dohtra.
he
wæs
selfa
til.
1607
heold
a
rice,
eðeldreamas,
1608
blæd
mid
bearnum
oð þæt
breosta
hord,
1609
gast
ellorfus,
gangan
sceolde
1610
to
godes
dome.
geomor
siððan
1611
fæder
flettgesteald
freondum
dælde
1612
swæsum
and
gesibbum,
sunu
iafeðes.
1613
þæs
teames
wæs
tuddor
gefylled
1614
unlytel
dæl
eorðan
gesceafta.
1615
swilce
chames
suno
cende
wurdon,
1616
eaforan
on
eðle.
þa
yldestan
1617
chus
and
chanan
hatene
wæron,
1618
fulfreolice
feorh,
frumbearn
chames.
1619
chus
wæs
æðelum
heafodwisa,
1620
wilna
brytta
and
worulddugeða
1621
broðrum
sinum,
botlgestreona,
1622
fæder
on
laste
siððan
forð
gewat
1623
cham
of
lice
þa
him
cwealm
gesceod.
1624
se
magoræswa
mægðe
sinre
1625
domas
sægde
oð þæt
his
dogora
wæs
1626
rim
aurnen.
þa
se
rinc
ageaf
1627
eorðcunde
ead,
sohte
oðer
lif,
1628
fæder
nebroðes.
frumbearn
siððan
1629
eafora
chuses,
yrfestole
weold,
1630
widmære
wer.
swa
us
gewritu
secgeað
1631
þæt
he
moncynnes
mæste
hæfde
1632
on
þam
mældagum
mægen
and
strengo.
1633
se
wæs
babylones
bregorices
fruma,
1634
ærest
æðelinga.
eðelðrym
onhof,
1635
rymde
and
rærde.
reord
wæs
þa gieta
1636
eorðbuendum
an
gemæne.
XXV
1637
Swilce
of
cames
cneorisse
woc
1638
wermægða
fela.
of
þam
widfolc,
1639
cneorim
micel
cenned
wæron.
1640
þa
wearð
seme
suna
and
dohtra
1641
on
woruldrice
worn
afeded,
1642
freora
bearna,
ær ðon
forð
cure
1643
wintrum
wælreste
werodes
aldor.
1644
on
þære
mægðe
wæron
men
tile.
1645
þara
an
wæs
eber
haten,
1646
eafora
semes.
of
þam
eorle
woc
1647
unrim
þeoda
þa
nu
æðelingas,
1648
ealle
eorðbuend,
ebrei
hatað.
1649
gewiton
him
þa
eastan
æhta
lædan,
1650
feoh
and
feorme.
folc
wæs
anmod.
1651
rofe
rincas
sohton
rumre
land
1652
oð þæt
hie
becomon
corðrum
miclum,
1653
folc
ferende,
þær
hie
fæstlice
1654
æðelinga
bearn,
eard
genamon.
1655
gesetton
þa
sennar
sidne
and
widne
1656
leoda
ræswan
leofum
mannum
1657
heora
geardagum
grene
wongas
1658
fægre
foldan
him
forðwearde
1659
on
ðære
dægtide
duguðe
wæron,
1660
wilna
gehwilces,
weaxende
sped.
1661
Ða
þær
mon
mænig
be
his
mægwine,
1662
æðeling
anmod,
oðerne
bæd
1663
þæs
hie
him
to
mærðe,
ær
seo
mengeo
eft
1664
geond
foldan
bearn
tofaran
sceolde,
1665
leoda
mægðe
on
landsocne,
1666
burh
geworhte
and
to
beacne
torr
1667
up
arærde
to
rodortunglum.
1668
þæs þe
hie
gesohton
sennera
feld
1669
swa
þa
foremeahtige
folces
ræswan,
1670
þa
yldestan,
oft
and
gelome
1671
liðsum
gewunedon.
larum
sohton
1672
weras
to
weorce
and
to
wrohtscipe
1673
oð þæt
for
wlence
and
for
wonhygdum
1674
cyðdon
cræft
heora.
ceastre
worhton
1675
and
to
heofnum
up
hlædræ
rærdon,
1676
strengum
stepton
stænenne
weall
1677
ofer
monna
gemet,
mærða
georne,
1678
hæleð
mid
honda.
þa
com
halig
god
1679
wera
cneorissa
weorc
sceawigan,
1680
beorna
burhfæsten,
and
þæt
beacen
somed
1681
þe
to
roderum
up
ræran
ongunnon
1682
adames
eaforan
and
þæs
unrædes
1683
stiðferhð
cyning
steore
gefremede.
1684
þa
he
reðemod
reorde
gesette
1685
eorðbuendum
ungelice
1686
þæt
hie
þære
spæce
sped
ne
ahton
1687
þa
hie
gemitton,
mihtum
spedge,
1688
teoche
æt
torre
getalum
myclum
1689
weorces
wisan
ne
þær
wermægða
1690
ænig
wiste
hwæt
oðer
cwæð.
1691
ne
meahte
hie
gewurðan
weall
stænenne
1692
up
forð
timbran
ac
hie
earmlice
1693
heapum
tohlodon,
hleoðrum
gedælde.
1694
wæs
oðere
æghwilc
worden
1695
mægburh
fremde
siððan
metod
tobræd
1696
þurh
his
mihta
sped
monna
spræce.
1697
toforan
þa
on
feower
wegas
1698
æðelinga
bearn
ungeþeode
1699
on
landsocne.
him
on
laste
bu
1700
stiðlic
stantorr
and
seo
steape
burh
1701
samod
samworht
on
sennar
stod.
1702
weox
þa
under
wolcnum
and
wriðade
1703
mægburh
semes
oð þæt
mon
awoc
1704
on
þære
cneorisse
cynebearna
rim,
1705
þancolmod
wer,
þeawum
hydig.
1706
wurdon
þam
æðelinge
eaforan
acende
1707
in
babilone,
bearn
afeded,
1708
freolicu
tu
and
þa
frumgaran,
1709
hæleð
higerofe,
hatene
wæron
1710
Abraham
and
aaron.
þam
eorlum
wæs
1711
frea
engla
bam
freond
and
aldor.
1712
ða
wearð
aarone
eafora
feded,
1713
leoflic
on
life.
ðam
wæs
loth
noma.
1714
ða
magorincas
metode
geþungon,
1715
abraham
and
loth,
unforcuðlice
1716
swa
him
from
yldrum
æðelu
wæron
1717
on
woruldrice.
forðon
hie
wide
nu
1718
dugeðum
demað
drihtfolca
bearnum.
XXVI
1719
Þa
þæs
mæles
wæs
mearc
agongen
1720
þæt
him
abraham
idese
brohte,
1721
wif,
to
hame
þær
he
wic
ahte,
1722
fæger
and
freolic.
seo
fæmne
wæs
1723
sarra
haten
þæs þe
us
secgeað
bec.
1724
hie
þa
wintra
fela
woruld
bryttedon,
1725
sinc
ætsomne
sibbe
heoldon
1726
geara
mengeo.
no
hwæðre
gifeðe
wearð
1727
abrahame
þa gyt
þæt
him
yrfeweard
1728
wlitebeorht
ides
on
woruld
brohte,
1729
sarra
abrahame,
suna
and
dohtra.
1730
gewat
him
þa
mid
cnosle
ofer
caldea
folc
1731
feran
mid
feorme,
fæder
abrahames,
1732
snotor
mid
gesibbum
secean
wolde
1733
cananea
land.
hine
cneowmægas
1734
metode
gecorene
mid
siðedon
1735
of
þære
eðeltyrf,
abraham
and
loth.
1736
him
þa
cynegode
on
carran,
1737
æðelinga
bearn,
eard
genamon,
1738
weras
mid
wifum.
on
þam
wicum
his
1739
fæder
abrahames
feorh
gesealde,
1740
wærfæst
hæle.
wintra
hæfde
1741
twa
hundteontig,
geteled
rime
1742
and
fife
eac
þa
he
forð
gewat,
1743
misserum
frod,
metodsceaft
seon.
1744
Ða
se
halga
spræc,
heofonrices
weard,
1745
to
abrahame,
ece
drihten:
1746 “
gewit
þu
nu
feran
and
þine
fare
lædan,
1747
ceapas
to
cnosle.
carram
ofgif,
1748
fæder
eðelstol.
far
swa
ic
þe
hate,
1749
monna
leofost,
and
þu
minum
wel
1750
larum
hyre
and
þæt
land
gesec
1751
þe
ic
þe
ælgrene
ywan
wille,
1752
brade
foldan.
þu
gebletsad
scealt
1753
on
mundbyrde
minre
lifigan.
1754
Gif
ðe
ænig
eorðbuendra
1755
mid
wean
greteð,
ic
hine
wergðo
on
1756
mine
sette
and
modhete,
1757
longsumne
nið.
lisse
selle,
1758
wilna
wæstme
þam
þe
wurðiað.
1759
þurh
þe
eorðbuende
ealle
onfoð,
1760
folcbearn,
freoðo
and
freondscipe,
1761
blisse
minre
and
bletsunge
1762
on
woruldrice.
wriðende
sceal
1763
mægðe
þinre
monrim
wesan
1764
swiðe
under
swegle
sunum
and
dohtrum
1765
oð þæt
fromcyme
folde
weorðeð,
1766
þeodlond
monig,
þine
gefylled.”
1767
Him
þa
abraham
gewat
æhte
lædan
1768
of
egipta
eðelmearce,
1769
gumcystum
god,
golde
and
seolfre,
1770
swiðfeorm
and
gesælig
swa
him
sigora
weard,
1771
waldend
usser
þurh
his
word
abead,
1772
ceapas
from
carran;
sohton
cananea
1773
lond
and
leodgeard.
þa
com
leof
gode
1774
on
þa
eðelturf
idesa
lædan,
1775
swæse
gebeddan
and
his
suhtrian
1776
wif
on
willan.
wintra
hæfde
1777
fif
and
hundseofontig
ða
he
faran
sceolde,
1778
carran
ofgifan
and
cneowmagas.
1779
Him
þa
feran
gewat,
fæder
ælmihtiges
1780
lare
gemyndig,
land
sceawian
1781
geond
þa
folcsceare
be
frean
hæse,
1782
abraham
wide,
oð þæt
ellenrof
1783
to
sicem
com,
siðe
spedig,
1784
cynne
cananeis.
þa
hine
cyning
engla
1785
abrahame
iewde
selfa,
1786
domfæst
wereda
and
drihten
cwæð:
1787 “
þis
is
seo
eorðe
þe
ic
ælgrene
1788
tudre
þinum,
torhte,
wille,
1789
wæstmum
gewlo,
on
geweald
don,
1790
rume
rice.”
þa
se
rinc
gode
1791
wibed
worhte
and
þa
waldende,
1792
lifes
leohtfruman,
lac
onsægde,
1793
gasta
helme.
Him
þa gyt
gewat
1794
abraham
eastan
eagum
wlitan
1795
on
lande
cyst.
lisse
gemunde
1796
heofonweardes
gehat,
þa
him
þurh
halig
word
1797
sigora
self
cyning
soð
gecyðde
1798
oð þæt
drihtweras
duguþum
geforan
1799
þær
is
botlwela
bethlem
haten.
1800
beorn
bliðemod
and
his
broðor
sunu
1801
forð
oferforan
folcmæro
land
1802
eastan
mid
æhtum,
æfæste
men,
1803
weallsteapan
hleoðu
and
him
þa
wic
curon
1804
þær
him
wlitebeorhte
wongas
geþuhton.
XXVII
1805
Abraham
þa
oðere
siðe
1806
wibed
worhte.
he
þær
wordum
god
1807
torhtum
cigde,
tiber
onsægde
1808
his
liffrean.
him
þæs
lean
ageaf
1809
nalles
hneawlice
þurh
his
hand
metend
1810
on
þam
gledstyde
gumcystum
til.
1811
ðær
ræsbora
þrage
siððan
1812
wicum
wunode
and
wilna
breac,
1813
beorn
mid
bryde,
oð þæt
brohþrea
1814
cananea
wearð
cynne
getenge,
1815
Hunger
se
hearda
hamsittendum,
1816
wælgrim
werum.
him
þa
wishydig
1817
abraham
gewat
on
egypte,
1818
drihtne
gecoren,
drohtað
secan,
1819
fleah
wærfæst
wean.
wæs
þæt
wite
to
strang.
1820
abraham
maðelode,
geseah
egypta
1821
hornsele
hwite
and
heabyrig
1822
beorhte
blican.
ongan
þa
his
bryd
frea,
1823
wishydig
wer,
wordum
læran:
1824 “
siððan
egypte
eagum
moton
1825
on
þinne
wlite
wlitan
wlance
monige
1826
þonne
æðelinga
eorlas
wenað,
1827
mæg
ælfscieno,
þæt
þu
min
sie
1828
beorht
gebedda,
þe
wile
beorna
sum
1829
him
geagnian.
ic
me
onegan
mæg
1830
þæt
me
wraðra
sum
wæpnes
ecge
1831
for
freondmynde
feore
beneote.
1832
saga
þu,
sarra,
þæt
þu
sie
sweostor
min,
1833
lices
mæge,
þonne
þe
leodweras
1834
fremde
fricgen
hwæt
sie
freondlufu
1835
ellðeodigra
uncer
twega,
1836
feorren
cumenra.
þu
him
fæste
hel
1837
soðan
spræce
swa
þu
minum
scealt
1838
feore
gebeorgan
gif
me
freoðo
drihten
1839
on
woruldrice,
waldend
usser,
1840
an,
ælmihtig,
swa
he
ær
dyde,
1841
lengran
lifes.
se
us
þas
lade
sceop
1842
þæt
we
on
egiptum
are
sceolde
1843
fremena
friclan
and
us
fremu
secan.”
1844
Þa
com
ellenrof
eorl
siðian,
1845
abraham
mid
æhtum
on
egypte,
1846
þær
him
folcweras
fremde
wæron,
1847
wine
uncuðe.
wordum
spræcon
1848
ymb
þæs
wifes
wlite
wlonce
monige,
1849
dugeðum
dealle.
him
drihtlicu
mæg
1850
on
wlite,
modgum
mænegum,
ðuhte,
1851
cyninges
þegnum.
hie
þæt
cuð
dydon
1852
heora
folcfrean
þæt
fægerro
lyt
1853
for
æðelinge
idese
sunnon
1854
Ac
hie
sarran
swiðor
micle
1855
wynsumne
wlite
wordum
heredon
1856
oð þæt
he
lædan
heht
leoflic
wif
1857
to
his
selfes
sele,
sinces
brytta.
1858
æðelinga
helm
heht
abrahame
1859
duguðum
stepan.
hwæðere
drihten
wearð,
1860
frea,
faraone
fah
and
yrre
1861
for
wifmyne.
þæs
wraðe
ongeald,
1862
hearde
mid
hiwum
hægstealdra
wyn.
1863
ongæt
hwæðere
gumena
aldor
1864
hwæt
him
waldend
wræc
witeswingum.
1865
heht
him
abraham
to
egesum
geðreadne
1866
brego
egipto
and
his
bryd
ageaf,
1867
wif
to
gewealde.
heht
him
wine
ceosan
1868
ellor,
æðelingas
oðre
dugeðe.
1869
Abead
þa
þeodcyning
þegnum
sinum,
1870
ombihtscealcum,
þæt
hie
hine
arlice
1871
ealles
onsundne
eft
gebrohten
1872
of
þære
folcsceare
þæt
he
on
friðe
wære.
1873
Ða
abraham
æhte
lædde
1874
of
egypta
eðelmearce.
1875
hie
ellenrofe
idese
feredon,
1876
bryd
and
begas,
þæt
hie
to
bethlem
1877
on
cuðe
wic
ceapas
læddon,
1878
eadge
eorðwelan
oðre
siðe,
1879
wif
and
willan
and
heora
woruldgestreon.
1880
Ongunnon
him
þa
bytlian
and
heora
burh
ræran
1881
and
sele
settan,
salo
niwian
1882
weras
on
wonge
wibed
setton
1883
neah
þam
þe
abraham
æror
rærde
1884
his
waldende
þa
westan
com.
1885
þær
se
eadga
eft
ecan
drihtnes
1886
niwan
stefne
noman
weorðade,
1887
tilmodig
eorl
tiber
onsægde
1888
þeodne
engla,
þancode
swiðe
1889
lifes
leohtfruman
lisse
and
ara.
XXVII B
1890
Wunedon
on
þam
wicum,
hæfdon
wilna
geniht
1891
abraham
and
loth,
ead
bryttedon
1892
oð þæt
hie
on
þam
lande
ne
meahton
leng
somed
1893
blædes
brucan
and
heora
begra
þær
1894
æhte
habban
ac
sceoldon
arfæste
1895
þa
rincas
þy
rumor
secan
1896
ellor
eðelseld.
oft
wæron
teonan
1897
wærfæstra
wera
weredum
gemæne,
1898
heardum
hearmplega.
þa
se
halga
ongan,
1899
ara
gemyndig,
abraham
sprecan
1900
fægre
to
Lothe:
“ Ic
eom
fædera
þin
1901
sibgebyrdum,
þu
min
suhterga.
1902
ne
sceolon
unc
betweonan
teonan
weaxan,
1903
wroht
wriðian –
ne
þæt
wille
god –
1904
Ac
wit
synt
gemagas.
unc
gemæne
ne
sceal
1905
elles
awiht
nymþe
ealltela
1906
lufu
langsumu.
nu
þu,
loth,
geþenc
1907
þæt
unc
modige
ymb
mearce
sittað,
1908
þeoda
þrymfæste
þegnum
and
gesiððum,
1909
folc
cananea
and
feretia,
1910
rofum
rincum,
ne
willað
rumor
unc
1911
landriht
heora.
forðon
wit
lædan
sculon
1912
teonwit
of
þisse
stowe
and
unc
staðolwangas
1913
rumor
secan.
ic
ræd
sprece,
1914
bearn
arones,
begra
uncer,
1915
soðne
secge.
ic
þe
selfes
dom
1916
life,
leofa.
leorna
þe
seolfa
1917
and
geþancmeta
þine
mode
1918
on
hwilce
healfe
þu
wille
hwyrft
don,
1919
cyrran
mid
ceape,
nu
ic
þe
cyst
abead.”
1920
him
þa
loth
gewat
land
sceawigan
1921
be
iordane,
grene
eorðan.
1922
seo
wæs
wætrum
weaht
and
wæstmum
þeaht,
1923
lagostreamum
leoht
and
gelic
godes
1924
neorxnawange.
on
þæt
nergend
god
1925
for
wera
synnum
wylme
gesealde
1926
sodoman
and
gomorran,
sweartan
lige.
1927
Him
þa
eard
geceas
and
eðelsetl
1928
sunu
arones
on
sodoma
byrig,
1929
æhte
sine
ealle
lædde,
1930
beagas
from
bethlem
and
botlgestreon,
1931
welan,
wunden
gold.
wunode
siððan
1932
be
iordane
geara
mænego.
1933
þær
folcstede
fægre
wæron,
1934
men
arlease,
metode
laðe.
1935
wæron
sodomisc
cynn
synnum
þriste,
1936
dædum
gedwolene,
drugon
heora
selfra
1937
ecne
unræd.
æfre
ne
wolde
1938
þam
leodþeawum
loth
onfon
1939
Ac
he
þære
mægðe
monwisan
fleah
1940
þeah þe
he
on
þam
lande
lifian
sceolde
1941
facen
and
fyrene
and
hine
fægre
heold,
1942
þeawfæst
and
geþyldig,
on
þam
þeodscipe,
1943
emne
þon
gelicost,
lara
gemyndig,
1944
þe
he
ne
cuðe
hwæt
þa
cynn
dydon.
1945
Abraham
wunode
eðeleardum
1946
cananea
forð.
hine
cyning
engla,
1947
metod
moncynnes,
mundbyrde
heold
1948
wilna
wæstmum
and
worulddugeðum,
1949
lufum
and
lissum.
forþon
his
lof
secgað
1950
wide
under
wolcnum
wera
cneorisse,
1951
fullwona
bearn.
he
frean
hyrde
1952
estum
on
eðle
ðenden
he
eardes
breac,
1953
halig
and
higefrod.
næfre
hleowlora
1954
æt
edwihtan
æfre
weorðeð
1955
feorhberendra
forht
and
acol
1956
mon
for
metode
þe
him
æfter
a
1957
þurh
gemynda
sped
mod’
and
dædum,
1958
worde
and
gewitte
wise
þance
1959
oð
his
ealdorgedal
oleccan
wile.
XXVIII
1960
Ða
ic
aldor
gefrægn
elamitarna,
1961
fromne
folctogan,
fyrd
gebeodan,
1962
orlahomar.
him
ambrafel
1963
of
sennar
side
worulde
1964
for
on
fultum.
gewiton
hie
feower
1965
þa
þeodcyningas
þrymme
micle
1966
secan
suð
ðanon
sodoman
and
gomorran.
1967
þa
wæs
guðhergum
be
iordane
1968
wera
eðelland
wide
geondsended,
1969
folde
feondum.
sceolde
forht
monig
1970
blachleor
ides
bifiende
gan
1971
on
fremdes
fæðm.
feollon
wergend
1972
bryda
and
beaga,
bennum
seoce.
1973
Him
þa
togeanes
mid
guðþræce
1974
fife
foran
folccyningas
1975
sweotum
suðon.
woldon
sodome
burh
1976
wraðum
werian.
þa
wintra
twelf
1977
norðmonnum
ær
niede
sceoldon
1978
gombon
gieldan
and
gafol
sellan
1979
oð þæt
þa
leode
leng
ne
woldon
1980
elamitarna
aldor
swiðan
1981
folcgestreonum
ac
him
from
swicon.
1982
foron
þa
tosomne.
francan
wæron
hlude,
1983
wraðe
wælherigas.
sang
se
wanna
fugel
1984
under
deoreðsceaftum,
deawigfeðera,
1985
hræs
on
wenan.
hæleð
onetton
1986
on
mægencorðrum,
modum
þryðge
1987
oð þæt
folcgetrume
gefaren
hæfdon
1988
sid
tosomne
suðan
and
norðan,
1989
helmum
þeahte.
þær
wæs
heard
plega,
1990
wælgara
wrixl,
wigcyrm
micel,
1991
hlud
hildesweg.
handum
brugdon
1992
hæleð
of
scæðum
hringmæled
sweord,
1993
ecgum
dihtig.
þær
wæs
eaðfynde
1994
eorle
orlegceap,
se
ðe
ær
ne
wæs
1995
niðes
genihtsum.
norðmen
wæron
1996
suðfolcum
swice.
wurdon
sodomware
1997
and
gomorre,
goldes
bryttan,
1998
æt
þæm
lindcrodan
leofum
bedrorene
1999
fyrdgesteallum.
gewiton
feorh
heora
2000
fram
þam
folcstyde
fleame
nergan.
2001
secgum
ofslegene
him
on
swaðe
feollon
2002
æðelinga
bearn,
ecgum
ofþegde
2003
willgesiððas.
Hæfde
wigsigor
2004
elamitarna
ordes
wisa,
2005
weold
wælstowe.
gewat
seo
wæpna
laf
2006
fæsten
secan.
fynd
gold
strudon,
2007
ahudan
þa
mid
herge
hordburh
wera,
2008
sodoman
and
gomorran,
þa
sæl
ageald,
2009
mære
ceastra.
mægð
siðedon
2010
fæmnan
and
wuduwan,
freondum
beslægene,
2011
from
hleowstole.
hettend
læddon
2012
ut
mid
æhtum
abrahames
mæg
2013
of
sodoma
byrig.
we
þæt
soð
magon
2014
secgan
furður
hwelc
siððan
wearð
2015
æfter
þæm
gehnæste
herewulfa
sið
2016
þara
þe
læddon
loth
and
leoda
god,
2017
suðmonna
sinc,
sigore
gulpon.
XXIX
2018
Him
þa
secg
hraðe
gewat
siðian,
2019
an
gara
laf,
se
ða
guðe
genæs
2020
abraham
secan.
se
þæt
orlegweorc
2021
þam
ebriscan
eorle
gecyðde,
2022
forslegen
swiðe
sodoma
folc,
2023
leoda
duguðe
and
lothes
sið.
2024
Þa
þæt
inwitspell
abraham
sægde
2025
freondum
sinum.
bæd
him
fultumes
2026
wærfæst
hæleð
willgeðoftan
2027
aner
and
manre,
escol
þriddan.
2028
cwæð
þæt
him
wære
weorce
on
mode,
2029
sorga
sarost,
þæt
his
suhtriga
2030
þeownyd
þolode.
bæd
him
þræcrofe
2031
þa
rincas
þæs
ræd
ahicgan
2032
þæt
his
hyldemæg
ahred
wurde,
2033
beorn
mid
bryde.
him
þa
broðor
þry
2034
æt
spræce
þære
spedum
miclum
2035
hældon
hygesorge
heardum
wordum,
2036
ellenrofe,
and
abrahame
2037
treowa
sealdon
þæt
hie
his
torn
mid
him
2038
gewræcon
on
wraðum
oððe
on
wæl
feallan.
2039
Þa
se
halga
heht
his
heorðwerod
2040
wæpna
onfon.
he
þær
wigena
fand,
2041
æscberendra,
eahtatyne
2042
and
þreohund
eac
þeodenholdra
2043
þara
þe
he
wiste
þæt
meahte
wel
æghwylc
2044
on
fyrd
wegan
fealwe
linde.
2045
Him
þa
abraham
gewat
and
þa
eorlas
þry
2046
þe
him
ær
treowe
sealdon
mid
heora
folce
getrume.
2047
wolde
his
mæg
huru,
2048
loth,
alynnan
of
laðscipe.
2049
Rincas
wæron
rofe,
randas
wægon
2050
forð
fromlice
on
foldwege.
2051
hildewulfas
herewicum
neh
2052
gefaren
hæfdon.
Þa
he
his
frumgaran,
2053
wishydig
wer,
wordum
sægde,
2054
þares
afera –
him
wæs
þearf
micel –
2055
þæt
hie
on
twa
healfe
2056
grimme
guðgemot
gystum
eowdon
2057
heardne
handplegan.
cwæð
þæt
him
se
halga,
2058
ece
drihten,
eað
mihte
2059
æt
þam
spereniðe
spede
lænan.
2060
Þa
ic
neðan
gefrægn
under
nihtscuwan
2061
hæleð
to
hilde.
hlyn
wearð
on
wicum
2062
scylda
and
sceafta,
sceotendra
fyll,
2063
guðflana
gegrind.
gripon
unfægre
2064
under
sceat
werum
scearpe
garas
2065
and
feonda
feorh
feollon
ðicce,
2066
þær
hlihende
huðe
feredon
2067
secgas
and
gesiððas.
sigor
eft
ahwearf
2068
of
norðmonna
niðgeteone,
2069
æsctir
wera.
abraham
sealde
2070
wig
to
wedde
nalles
wunden
gold,
2071
for
his
suhtrigan,
sloh
and
fylde
2072
feond
on
fitte.
him
on
fultum
grap
2073
heofonrices
weard.
hergas
wurdon
2074
feower
on
fleame,
folccyningas,
2075
leode
ræswan.
him
on
laste
stod
2076
hihtlic
heorðwerod
and
hæleð
lagon,
2077
on
swaðe
sæton
þa
þe
sodoma
2078
and
gomorra
golde
berofan,
2079
bestrudon
stigwitum.
him
þæt
stiðe
geald
2080
fædera
lothes.
fleonde
wæron
2081
elamitarna
aldorduguðe
2082
dome
bedrorene
oð þæt
hie
domasco
2083
unfeor
wæron.
gewat
him
abraham
ða
2084
on
þa
wigrode
wiðertrod
seon
2085
laðra
monna.
loth
wæs
ahreded,
2086
eorl
mid
æhtum.
idesa
hwurfon,
2087
wif
on
willan.
wide
gesawon
2088
freora
feorhbanan
fuglas
slitan
2089
on
ecgwale.
abraham
ferede
2090
suðmonna
eft
sinc
and
bryda,
2091
æðelinga
bearn,
oðle
nior
2092
mægeð
heora
magum.
næfre
mon
ealra
2093
lifigendra
her
lytle
werede
2094
þon
wurðlicor
wigsið
ateah
2095
þara
þe
wið
swa
miclum
mægne
geræsde.
XXX
2096
Þa
wæs
suð
þanon
sodoma
folc
2097
guðspell
wegan
hwelc
gromra
wearð
2098
feonda
fromlad.
gewat
him
frea
leoda,
2099
eorlum
bedroren,
abraham
secan,
2100
freonda
feasceaft.
him
ferede
mid
2101
solomia
sinces
hyrde.
2102
þæt
wæs
se
mæra
melchisedec,
2103
leoda
bisceop.
se
mid
lacum
com
2104
fyrdrinca
fruman
fægre
gretan,
2105
abraham
arlice
and
him
on
sette
2106
godes
bletsunge
and
swa
gyddode:
2107 “
wæs
ðu
gewurðod
on
wera
rime
2108
for
þæs
eagum
þe
ðe
æsca
tir
2109
æt
guðe
forgeaf.
þæt
is
god
selfa
2110
se
ðe
hettendra
herga
þrymmas
2111
on
geweald
gebræc
and
þe
wæpnum
læt
2112
rancstræte
forð
rume
wyrcan,
2113
huðe
ahreddan
and
hæleð
fyllan.
2114
on
swaðe
sæton.
ne
meahton
siðwerod
2115
guðe
spowan
ac
hie
god
flymde.
2116
se
ðe
æt
feohtan
mid
frumgarum
2117
wið
ofermægnes
egsan
sceolde
2118
handum
sinum
and
halegu
treow
2119
seo
þu
wið
rodora
weard
rihte
healdest.”
2120
him
þa
se
beorn
bletsunga
lean
2121
þurh
hand
ageaf
and
þæs
hereteames
2122
ealles
teoðan
sceat
abraham
sealde
2123
godes
bisceope.
þa
spræc
guðcyning,
2124
sodoma
aldor,
secgum
befylled,
2125
to
abrahame: –
him
wæs
ara
þearf –
2126 “
forgif
me
mennen
minra
leoda
2127
þe
þu
ahreddest
herges
cræftum,
2128
wera
wælclommum.
hafa
þe
wunden
gold
2129
þæt
ær
agen
wæs
ussum
folce,
2130
feoh
and
frætwa.
læt
me
freo
lædan
2131
eft
on
eðel
æðelinga
bearn,
2132
on
weste
wic
wif
and
cnihtas,
2133
earme
wydewan.
eaforan
syndon
deade,
2134
folcgesiðas
nymðe
fea
ane
2135
þe
me
mid
sceoldon
mearce
healdan.”
2136
Him
þa
abraham
andswarode
2137
ædre
for
eorlum,
elne
gewurðod,
2138
dome
and
sigore,
drihtlice
spræc:
2139 “
Ic
þe
gehate,
hæleða
waldend,
2140
for
þam
halgan
þe
heofona
is
2141
and
þisse
eorðan
agendfrea
2142
wordum
minum
nis
woruldfeoh
2143
þe
ic
me
agan
wille, #160;
2144
sceat
ne
scilling
þæs
ic
on
sceotendum,
2145
þeoden
mæra,
þines
ahredde,
2146
æðelinga
helm,
þy læs
þu
eft
cweðe
2147
þæt
ic
wurde
willgesteallum
2148
eadig
on
eorðan
ærgestreonum,
2149
sodoma
rice.
ac
þu
selfa
most
heonon
2150
huðe
lædan
þe
ic
þe
æt
hilde
gesloh,
2151
ealle
buton
dæle
þissa
drihtwera,
2152
aneres
and
mamres
and
escoles.
2153
nelle
ic
þa
rincas
rihte
benæman
2154
ac
hie
me
fulleodon
æt
æscþræce,
2155
fuhton
þe
æfter
frofre.
gewit
þu
ferian
nu
2156
ham
hyrsted
gold
and
healsmægeð,
2157
leoda
idesa.
þu
þe
laðra
ne
þearft
2158
hæleða
hildþræce
hwile
onsittan,
2159
norðmanna
wig.
eacne
fuglas
2160
under
beorhhleoþum
blodig
sittað
2161
þeodherga
wæl,
þicce
gefylled.”
2162
gewat
him
þa
se
healdend
ham
siðian
2163
mid
þy
hereteame
þe
him
se
halga
forgeaf,
2164
ebrea
leod
arna
gemyndig.
2165
þa
gen
abrahame
eowde
selfa
2166
heofona
heahcyning
halige
spræce,
2167
trymede
tilmodigne
and
him
to
reordode:
2168 “
Meda
syndon
micla
þina.
ne
læt
þu
þe
þin
mod
asealcan
2169
wærfæst
willan
mines
ne
þearft
þu
þe
wiht
ondrædan
2170
þenden
þu
mine
lare
læstest
ac
ic
þe
lifigende
her
2171
wið
weana
gehwam
wreo
and
scylde
2172
folmum
minum
ne
þearft
þu
forht
wesan.”
XXXI
2173
Abraham
þa
andswarode,
2174
dædrof,
drihtne
sinum,
frægn
hine
dægrime
frod:
2175 “
hwæt
gifest
þu
me,
gasta
waldend,
2176
freomanna
to
frofre,
nu
ic
þus
feasceaft
eom?
2177
ne
þearf
ic
yrfestol
eaforan
bytlian
2178
ænegum
minra
ac
me
æfter
sculon
2179
mine
woruldmagas
welan
bryttian.
2180
Ne
sealdest
þu
me
sunu
forðon
mec
sorg
dreceð
2181
on
sefan
swiðe.
ic
sylf
ne
mæg
2182
ræd
ahycgan.
gæð
gerefa
min
2183
fægen
freobearnum,
fæste
mynteð
2184
ingeþancum
þæt
me
æfter
sie
2185
eaforan
sine
yrfeweardas.
2186
geseoð
þæt
me
of
bryde
bearn
ne
wocon.”
2187
Him
þa
ædre
god
andswarode:
2188 “
Næfre
gerefan
rædað
þine
2189
eaforan
yrfe
ac
þin
agen
bearn
2190
frætwa
healdeð
þonne
þin
flæsc
ligeð.
2191
sceawa
heofon.
hyrste
gerim,
2192
rodores
tungel
þa
nu
rume
heora
2193
wuldorfæstne
wlite
wide
dælað
2194
ofer
brad
brymu
beorhte
scinan.
2195
swilc
bið
mægburg
menigo
þinre
2196
folcbearnum
frome.
ne
læt
þu
þin
ferhð
wesan
2197
sorgum
æsæled.
gien
þe
sunu
weorðeð,
2198
bearn
of
bryde
þurh
gebyrd
cumen
2199
se
ðe
æfter
bið
yrfes
hyrde,
2200
gode
mære.
ne
geomra
þu.
2201
Ic
eom
se
waldend
se
þe
for
wintra
fela
2202
of
caldea
ceastre
alædde,
2203
feowera
sumne,
gehet
þe
folcstede
2204
wide
to
gewealde.
ic
þe
wære
nu,
2205
mago
ebrea,
mine
selle
2206
þæt
sceal
fromcynne
folde
þine,
2207
sidland
manig,
geseted
wurðan,
2208
eorðan
sceatas
oð
eufraten,
2209
and
from
egypta
eðelmearce
2210
swa
mid
niðas
twa
nilus
sceadeð,
2211
and
eft
wendeð
sæ
wide
rice.
2212
eall
þæt
sculon
agan
eaforan
þine,
2213
þeodlanda
gehwilc
swa
þa
þreo
wæter
2214
steape
stanbyrig
streamum
bewindað,
2215
famige
flodas
folcmægða
byht.”
2216
Þa
wæs
sarran
sar
on
mode,
2217
þæt
him
abrahame
ænig
ne
wearð
2218
þurh
gebedscipe
bearn
gemæne,
2219
freolic
to
frofre.
ongann
þa
ferhðcearig
2220
to
were
sinum
wordum
mæðlan:
2221 “
Me
þæs
forwyrnde
waldend
heofona
2222
þæt
ic
mægburge
moste
þinre
2223
rim
miclian
roderum
under
2224
eaforum
þinum.
nu
ic
eom
orwena
2225
þæt
unc
se
eðylstæf
æfre
weorðe
2226
gifeðe
ætgædere.
ic
eom
geomorfrod,
2227
drihten
min,
do
swa
ic
þe
bidde.
2228
Her
is
fæmne,
freolecu
mæg,
2229
ides
egyptisc,
an
on
gewealde.
2230
hat
þe
þa
recene
reste
gestigan
2231
and
afanda
hwæðer
frea
wille
2232
ænigne
þe
yrfewearda
2233
on
woruld
lætan
þurh
þæt
wif
cuman.”
2234
Þa
se
eadega
wer
idese
larum
2235
geðafode.
heht
him
þeowmennen
2236
on
bedd
gan
bryde
larum.
2237
hire
mod
astah
þa
heo
wæs
magotimbre
2238
be
abrahame
eacen
worden.
2239
ongan
æfþancum
agendfrean
2240
halsfæst
herian,
higeþryðe
wæg,
2241
wæs
laðwendo.
lustum
ne
wolde
2242
þeowdom
þolian,
ac
heo
þriste
ongan
2243
wið
sarran
swiðe
winnan.
2244
þa
ic
þæt
wif
gefrægn
wordum
cyðan
2245
hire
mandrihtne
modes
sorge,
2246
sarferhð
sægde
and
swiðe
cwæð:
2247 “
ne
fremest
þu
gerysnu
and
riht
wið
me.
2248
þafodest
þu
gena
þæt
me
þeowmennen
2249
siððan,
agar,
ðe
idese
laste
2250
beddreste
gestah
swa
ic
bena
wæs,
2251
drehte
dogora
gehwam
dædum
and
wordum
2252
unarlice.
þæt
agan
sceal
2253
gif
ic
mot
for
þe,
mine
wealdan,
2254
abraham
leofa.
þæs
sie
ælmihtig
2255
duguða
drihten
dema
mid
unc
twih.”
2256
hire
þa
ædre
andswarode
2257
wishidig
wer
wordum
sinum:
2258 “
ne
forlæte
ic
þe,
þenden
wit
lifiað
bu
2259
arna
lease
ac
þu
þin
agen
most
2260
mennen
ateon
swa
þin
mod
freoð.”
XXXII
2261
Ða
wearð
unbliðe
abrahames
cwen,
2262
hire
worcþeowe
wrað
on
mode,
2263
heard
and
hreðe.
higeteonan
spræc
2264
fræcne
on
fæmnan.
heo
þa
fleon
gewat
2265
þrea
and
þeowdom,
þolian
ne
wolde
2266
yfel
and
ondlean
þæs
ðe
ær
dyde
2267
to
sarran
ac
heo
on
sið
gewat
2268
westen
secan.
þær
hie
wuldres
þegn
2269
engel
drihtnes
an
gemitte
2270
geomormode.
se
hie
georne
frægn:
2271 “
hwider
fundast
þu,
feasceaft
ides,
2272
siðas
dreogan?
þec
Sarre
ah.”
2273
heo
him
ædre
andswarode:
2274 “
Ic
fleah
wean,
wana
wilna
gehwilces,
2275
hlæfdigan
hete,
hean
of
wicum,
2276
tregan
and
teonan.
nu
sceal
tearighleor
2277
on
westenne
witodes
bidan
2278
hwonne
of
heortan
hunger
oððe
wulf
2279
sawle
and
sorge
somed
abregde.”
2280
Hire
þa
se
engel
andswarode:
2281 “
ne
ceara
þu
feor
heonon
fleame
dælan
2282
somwist
incre
ac
þu
sece
eft,
2283
earna
þe
ara.
eaðmod
ongin
2284
dreogan
æfter
dugeðum.
wes
drihtenhold.
2285
þu
scealt,
agar,
abrahame
sunu
2286
on
woruld
bringan.
Ic
þe
wordum
nu
2287
minum
secge
þæt
se
magorinc
sceal
2288
mid
yldum
wesan
ismahel
haten.
2289
se
bið
unhyre,
orlæggifre,
2290
and
wiðerbreca
wera
cneorissum,
2291
magum
sinum.
hine
monige
on
2292
wraðe
winnað
mid
wæpenþræce.
2293
Of
þam
frumgaran
folc
awæcniað,
2294
þeod
unmæte.
gewit
þu
þinne
eft
2295
waldend
secan.
wuna
þæm
þe
agon.”
2296
Heo
þa
ædre
gewat
engles
larum
2297
hire
hlafordum
swa
se
halga
bebead,
2298
godes
ærendgast,
gleawan
spræce.
2299
þa
wearð
abrahame
ismael
geboren
2300
efne
þa
he
on
worulde
wintra
hæfde
2301
syx
and
hundeahtatig.
sunu
weox
and
ðah
2302
swa
se
engel
ær
þurh
his
agen
word,
2303
fæle
freoðoscealc,
fæmnan
sægde.
2304
þa
se
ðeoden
ymb
þreotyne
gear,
2305
ece
drihten,
wið
abrahame
spræc:
2306 “
leofa,
swa
ic
þe
lære
læst
uncre
wel
2307
treowrædenne.
ic
þe
on
tida
gehwone
2308
duguðum
stepe.
wes
þu
dædum
from
2309
willan
mines.
ic
þa
wære
forð
2310
soðe
gelæste
þe
ic
þe
sealde
geo
2311
frofre
to
wedde
þæs
þin
ferhð
bemearn.
2312
þu
scealt
halgian
hired
þinne,
2313
sete
sigores
tacn
soð
on
gehwilcne
2314
wæpnedcynnes
gif
þu
wille
on
me
2315
hlaford
habban
oððe
holdne
freond
2316
þinum
fromcynne.
ic
þæs
folces
beo
2317
hyrde
and
healdend
gif
ge
hyrað
me
2318
breostgehygdum
and
bebodu
willað
2319
min
fullian.
sceal
monna
gehwilc
2320
þære
cneorisse
cildisc
wesan
2321
wæpnedcynnes
þæs
þe
on
woruld
cymð
2322
ymb
seofon
niht
sigores
tacne
2323
geagnod
me
oððe
of
eorðan
2324
þurh
feondscipe
feor
adæled,
2325
adrifen
from
duguðum.
doð
swa
ic
hate.
2326
Ic
eow
treowige
gif
ge
þæt
tacen
gegaþ
2327
soðgeleafan.
þu
scealt
sunu
agan,
2328
bearn
be
bryde
þinre
þone
sculon
burhsittende
2329
ealle
isaac
hatan.
ne
þearf
þe
þæs
eaforan
sceomigan
2330
ac
ic
þam
magorince
mine
sylle
2331
godcunde
gife
gastes
mihtum,
2332
freondsped
fremum.
he
onfon
sceal
2333
blisse
minre
and
bletsunge,
2334
lufan
and
lisse.
of
þam
leodfruman
2335
brad
folc
cumað,
bregowearda
fela
2336
rofe
arisað,
rices
hyrdas,
2337
woruldcyningas
wide
mære.”
XXXIII
2338
Abraham
ða
ofestum
legde
2339
hleor
on
eorðan
and
mid
hucse
bewand
2340
þa
hleoðorcwydas
on
hige
sinum,
2341
modgeðance.
he
þæs
mældæges
2342
self
ne
wende
þæt
him
sarra,
2343
bryd
blondenfeax,
bringan
meahte
2344
on
woruld
sunu.
wiste
gearwe
2345
þæt
þæt
wif
huru
wintra
hæfde
2346
efne
hundteontig
geteled
rimes.
2347
he
þa
metode
oncwæð,
missarum
frod:
2348 “
lifge
ismael
larum
swilce,
2349
þeoden,
þinum
and
þe
þanc
wege,
2350
heardrædne
hyge,
heortan
strange,
2351
to
dreoganne
dæges
and
nihtes
2352
wordum
and
dædum
willan
þinne.”
2353
Him
þa
fægere
frea
ælmihtig,
2354
ece
drihten
andswarode:
2355 “
Þe
sceal
wintrum
frod
on
woruld
bringan
2356
sarra
sunu.
soð
forð
gan
2357
wyrd
æfter
þissum
wordgemearcum.
2358
Ic
ismael
estum
wille
2359
bletsian
nu
swa
þu
bena
eart
2360
þinum
frumbearne
þæt
feorhdaga
2361
on
woruldrice
worn
gebide,
2362
tanum
tudre.
þu
þæs
tiða
beo.
2363
Hwæðre
ic
isace,
eaforan
þinum,
2364
geongum
bearne,
þam
þe
gen
nis
2365
on
woruld
cumen,
willa
spedum
2366
dugeða
gehwilcre
on
dagum
wille
2367
swiðor
stepan
and
him
soðe
to
2368
modes
wære
mine
gelætan,
2369
halige
higetreawa
and
him
hold
wesan.”
2370
Abraham
fremede
swa
him
se
eca
bebead,
2371
sette
friðotacen
be
frean
hæse
2372
on
his
selfes
sunu.
heht
þæt
segn
wegan
2373
heah
gehwilcne
þe
his
hina
wæs
2374
wæpnedcynnes,
wære
gemyndig,
2375
gleaw
on
mode
Ða
him
god
sealde
2376
soðe
treowa
and
þa
seolf
onfeng
2377
torhtum
tacne.
a
his
tir
metod,
2378
domfæst
cyning,
dugeðum
iecte
2379
on
woruldrice.
he
him
þæs
worhte
to
2380
siððan
he
on
fære
furðum
meahte
2381
his
waldendes
willan
fremman ......
2382
Þa
þæt
wif
ahloh
wereda
drihtnes
2383
nalles
glædlice
ac
heo
gearum
frod
2384
þone
hleoðorcwyde
husce
belegde
2385
on
sefan
swiðe,
soð
ne
gelyfde
2386
þæt
þære
spræce
sped
folgode.
2387
þa
þæt
gehyrde
heofona
waldend
2388
þæt
on
bure
ahof
bryd
abrahames
2389
hihtleasne
hleahtor
þa
cwæð
halig
god:
2390 “
ne
wile
sarran
soð
gelyfan
2391
wordum
minum.
sceal
seo
wyrd
swa þeah
2392
forð
steallian
swa
ic
þe
æt
frymðe
gehet.
2393
soð
ic
þe
secge:
on
þas
sylfan
tid
2394
of
idese
bið
eafora
wæcned.
2395
þonne
ic
þas
ilcan
oðre
siðe
2396
wic
gesece,
þe
beoð
worngehat
2397
min
gelæsted.
þu
on
magan
wlitest,
2398
þin
agen
bearn,
abraham
leofa.”
XXXIV
2399
Gewiton
him
þa
ædre
ellorfuse
2400
æfter
þære
spræce
spedum
feran
2401
of
þam
hleoðorstede.
halige
gastas
2402
lastas
legdon.
him
wæs
leohtes
mæg
2403
sylfa
on
gesiððe
oð þæt
hie
on
sodoman
2404
weallsteape
burg
wlitan
meahton.
2405
gesawon
ofer
since
salo
hlifian,
2406
reced
ofer
readum
golde.
ongan
þa
rodera
waldend,
2407
arfæst
wið
abraham
sprecan,
sægde
him
unlytel
spell:
2408 “
Ic
on
þisse
byrig
bearhtm
gehyre,
2409
synnigra
cyrm
swiðe
hludne,
2410
ealogalra
gylp,
yfele
spræce
2411
werod
under
weallum
habban.
forþon
wærlogona
sint
2412
folce
firena
hefige.
ic
wille
fandigan
nu,
2413
mago
ebrea,
hwæt
þa
men
don,
2414
gif
hie
swa
swiðe
synna
fremmað
2415
þeawum
and
geþancum
swa
hie
on
þweorh
sprecað
2416
facen
and
inwit.
þæt
sceal
fyr
wrecan
2417
swefyl
and
sweart
lig,
sare
and
grimme,
2418
hat
and
hæste
hæðnum
folce.” . . . . .
XXXV
2419
Weras
basnedon
witeloccas,
2420
wean
under
weallum
and
heora
wif
somed.
2421
duguðum
wlance
drihtne
guldon
2422
god
mid
gnyrne
oð þæt
gasta
helm,
2423
lifes
leohtfruma,
leng
ne
wolde
2424
torn
þrowigean
ac
him
to
sende
2425
stiðmod
cyning
strange
twegen
2426
aras
sine.
Þa
on
æfentid
2427
siðe
gesohton
sodoma
ceastre.
2428
Hie
þa
æt
burhgeate
beorn
gemitton
2429
sylfne
sittan
sunu
arones
2430
þæt
þam
gleawan
were
geonge
þuhton
2431
men
for
his
eagum.
aras
þa
metodes
þeow
2432
gastum
togeanes,
gretan
eode
2433
cuman
cuðlice,
cynna
gemunde,
2434
riht
and
gerisno
and
þam
rincum
bead
2435
nihtfeormunge.
him
þa
nergendes
2436
æðele
ærendran
andswarodon:
2437 “
hafa
arna
þanc
þara
þe
þu
unc
bude.
2438
wit
be
þisse
stræte
stille
þencað
2439
sæles
bidan
siððan
sunne
eft
2440
forð
to
morgen
metod
up
forlæt.”
2441
þa
to
fotum
loth
2442
þam
giestum
hnah
and
him
georne
bead
2443
reste
and
gereorda
and
his
recedes
hleow
2444
and
þegnunge.
hie
on
þanc
curon
2445
æðelinges
est.
eodon
sona
2446
swa
him
se
ebrisca
eorl
wisade
2447
in
undor
edoras
þær
him
se
æðela
geaf,
2448
gleawferhð
hæle,
giestliðnysse
2449
fægre
on
flette
oð þæt
forð
gewat
2450
æfenscima.
þa
com
æfter
niht
2451
on
last
dæge,
lagustreamas
wreah,
2452
þrym
mid
þystro
þisses
lifes,
2453
sæs
and
sidland.
comon
sodomware
2454
geonge
and
ealde,
gode
unleofe
2455
corðrum
miclum
cuman
acsian
2456
þæt
hie
behæfdon
herges
mægne
2457
loth
mid
giestum.
heton
lædan
ut
2458
of
þam
hean
hofe
halige
aras,
2459
weras
to
gewealde.
wordum
cwædon
2460
þæt
mid
þam
hæleðum
hæman
wolden
2461
unscomlice,
arna
ne
gymden.
2462
þa
aras
hraðe
se
ðe
oft
ræd
ongeat,
2463
loth
on
recede,
eode
lungre
ut,
2464
spræc
þa
ofer
ealle
æðelinga
gedriht
2465
sunu
arones,
snytra
gemyndig:
2466 “
Her
syndon
inne
unwemme
twa
2467
dohtor
mine.
doð
swa
ic
eow
bidde
2468 –
ne
can
þara
idesa
owðer
gieta
2469
þurh
gebedscipe
beorna
neawest –
2470
and
geswicað
þære
synne.
ic
eow
sylle
þa
2471
ær
ge
sceonde
wið
gesceapu
fremmen,
2472
ungifre
yfel
ylda
bearnum.
2473
Onfoð
þæm
fæmnum.
lætað
frið
agon
2474
gistas
mine
þa
ic
for
gode
wille
2475
gemundbyrdan
gif
ic
mot
for
eow.”
2476
Him
þa
seo
mænigeo
þurh
gemæne
word,
2477
arlease
cyn,
andswarode:
2478 “
þis
þinceð
gerisne
and
riht
micel
2479
þæt
þu
ðe
aferige
of
þisse
folcsceare.
2480
þu
þas
werðeode
wræccan
laste,
2481
freonda
feasceaft,
feorran
gesohtest
2482
þine
þearfende.
wilt
ðu
gif
þu
most
2483
wesan
usser
her
aldordema,
2484
leodum
lareow?”
Þa
ic
on
lothe
gefrægn
2485
hæðne
heremæcgas
handum
gripan
2486
faum
folmum.
him
fylston
wel
2487
gystas
sine
and
hine
of
gromra
þa,
2488
cuman
arfæste,
clommum
abrugdon
2489
in
under
edoras
and
þa
ofstlice
2490
anra
gehwilcum
ymbstandendra
2491
folces
sodoma
fæste
forsæton
2492
heafodsiena.
wearð
eal
here
sona
2493
burhwarena
blind.
abrecan
ne
meahton
2494
reðemode
reced
æfter
gistum
2495
swa
hie
fundedon
ac
þær
frome
wæron
2496
godes
spellbodan.
hæfde
gistmægen
2497
stiðe
strengeo,
styrde
swiðe
2498
werode
mid
wite.
spræcon
wordum
þa
2499
fæle
freoðoscealcas
fægre
to
lothe:
2500 “
Gif
þu
sunu
age
oððe
swæsne
mæg
2501
oððe
on
þissum
folcum
freond
ænigne
2502
eac
þissum
idesum
þe
we
her
on
wlitað,
2503
alæde
of
þysse
leodbyrig
þa
ðe
leofe
sien
2504
ofestum
miclum
and
þin
ealdor
nere
2505
þy læs
þu
forweorðe
mid
þyssum
wærlogan.
2506
unc
hit
waldend
heht
for
wera
synnum
2507
sodoma
and
gomorra
sweartan
lige
2508
fyre
gesyllan
and
þas
folc
slean,
2509
cynn
on
ceastrum
mid
cwealmþrea
2510
and
his
torn
wrecan.
þære
tide
is
2511
neah
geþrungen.
gewit
þu
nergean
þin
2512
feorh
foldwege.
þe
is
frea
milde.”
XXXVI
2513
Him
þa
ædre
loth
andswarode:
2514 “
ne
mæg
ic
mid
idesum
aldornere
mine
2515
swa
feor
heonon
feðegange
2516
siðe
gesecan.
git
me
sibblufan
2517
and
freondscipe
fægre
cyðað,
2518
treowe
and
hyldo
tiðiað
me.
2519
Ic
wat
heaburh
her
ane
neah,
2520
lytle
ceastre.
lyfað
me
þær
2521
are
and
reste
þæt
we
aldornere
2522
on
sigor
up
secan
moten.
2523
gif
git
þæt
fæsten
fyre
willað
2524
steape
forstandan
on
þære
stowe
2525
we
gesunde
magon
sæles
bidan,
2526
feorh
generigan.”
Him
þa
freondlice
2527
englas
arfæste
andswaredon:
2528 “
Þu
scealt
þære
bene
nu
þu
ymb
þa
burh
sprycst
2529
tiða
weorðan.
teng
recene
to
2530
þam
fæstenne.
wit
þe
friðe
healdað
2531
and
mundbyrde
ne
moton
wyt
2532
on
wærlogum
wrecan
torn
godes,
2533
swebban
synnig
cynn
ær ðon
þu
on
sægor
þin
2534
bearn
gelæde
and
bryd
somed.”
2535
Þa
onette
abrahames
mæg
2536
to
þam
fæstenne.
feðe
ne
sparode
2537
eorl
mid
idesum,
ac
he
ofstum
forð
2538
lastas
legde
oð þæt
he
gelædde
2539
bryd
mid
bearnum
under
burhlocan
2540
in
sægor
his
þa
sunne
up,
2541
folca
friðcandel
furðum
eode.
2542
Þa
ic
sendan
gefrægn
swegles
aldor
2543
swefl
of
heofnum
and
sweartne
lig
2544
werum
to
wite,
weallende
fyr
2545
þæs
hie
on
ærdagum
drihten
tyndon
2546
lange
þrage.
him
þæs
lean
forgeald
2547
gasta
waldend.
grap
heahþrea
2548
on
hæðencynn.
hlynn
wearð
on
ceastrum,
2549
cirm
arleasra,
cwealmes
on
ore
2550
laðan
cynnes.
lig
eall
fornam
2551
þæt
he
grenes
fond
goldburgum
in
2552
swylce
þær
ymbutan
unlytel
dæl
2553
sidre
foldan
geondsended
wæs
2554
bryne
and
brogan.
bearwas
wurdon
2555
to
axan
and
to
yslan,
eorðan
wæstma,
2556
efne
swa
wide
swa
ða
witelac
2557
reðe
geræhton
rum
land
wera.
2558
strudende
fyr
steapes
and
geapes,
2559
swogende
for,
swealh
eall
geador
2560
þæt
on
sodoma
byrig
secgas
ahton
2561
and
on
gomorra.
eall
þæt
god
spilde,
2562
frea
mid
þy
folce.
þa
þæt
fyrgebræc,
2563
leoda
lifgedal,
lothes
gehyrde
2564
bryd
on
burgum,
under
bæc
beseah
2565
wið
þæs
wælfylles.
us
gewritu
secgað
2566
þæt
heo
on
sealtstanes
sona
wurde
2567
anlicnesse.
æfre
siððan
2568
se
monlica,
þæt
is
mære
spell,
2569
stille
wunode
þær
hie
strang
begeat
2570
wite
þæs
heo
wordum
wuldres
þegna
2571
hyran
ne
wolde.
Nu
sceal
heard
and
steap
2572
on
þam
wicum
wyrde
bidan,
2573
drihtnes
domes
hwonne
dogora
rim,
2574
woruld
gewite.
þæt
is
wundra
sum
2575
þara
ðe
geworhte
wuldres
aldor.
XXXVII
2576
Him
þa
abraham
gewat
ana
gangan
2577
mid
ærdæge
þæt
he
eft
gestod
2578
þær
wordum
ær
wið
his
waldend
spræc,
2579
frod
frumgara.
he
geseah
from
foldan
up
2580
wide
fleogan
wælgrimne
rec.
2581
hie
þæs
wlenco
onwod
and
wingedrync
2582
þæt
hie
firendæda
to
frece
wurdon,
2583
synna
þriste.
soð
ofergeaton,
2584
drihtnes
domas
and
hwa
him
dugeða
forgeaf,
2585
blæd
on
burgum.
forþon
him
brego
engla
2586
wylmhatne
lig
to
wræce
sende.
2587
waldend
usser
gemunde
wærfæst
þa
2588
abraham
arlice
swa
he
oft
dyde,
2589
leofne
mannan.
loth
generede,
2590
mæg
þæs
oðres,
þa
seo
mænegeo
forwearð.
2591
Ne
dorste
þa
dædrof
hæle
2592
for
frean
egesan
on
þam
fæstenne
2593
leng
eardigean
Ac
him
loth
gewat
2594
of
byrig
gangan
and
his
bearn
somed
2595
wælstowe
fyrr
wic
sceawian
2596
oð þæt
hie
be
hliðe
heare
dune
2597
eorðscræf
fundon.
þær
se
eadega
loth
2598
wærfæst
wunode,
waldende
leof
2599
dægrimes
worn
and
his
dohtor
twa. . . . .
2600
Hie
dydon
swa.
druncnum
eode
2601
seo
yldre
to
ær
on
reste
2602
heora
bega
fæder
ne
wiste
blondenfeax
2603
hwonne
him
fæmnan
to
bryde
him
bu
wæron
2604
on
ferhðcofan
fæste
genearwot
2605
mode
and
gemynde
þæt
he
mægða
sið,
2606
wine
druncen
gewitan
ne
meahte.
2607
Idesa
wurdon
eacne.
eaforan
brohtan
2608
willgesweostor
on
woruld,
sunu,
2609
heora
ealdan
fæder.
þara
æðelinga
2610
modor
oðerne
moab
nemde,
2611
lothes
dohter.
seo
on
life
wæs
2612
wintrum
yldre.
us
gewritu
secgeað,
2613
godcunde
bec,
þæt
seo
gingre
2614
hire
agen
bearn
ammon
hete.
2615
Of
þam
frumgarum
folc’
unrim,
2616
þrymfæste
twa
þeoda
awocon.
2617
Oðre
þara
mægða
moabitare
2618
eorðbuende
ealle
hatað,
2619
widmære
cynn.
Oðre
weras
nemnað,
2620
æðelinga
bearn,
ammonitare.
XXXVIII
2621
Gewat
him
þa
mid
bryde
broðor
arones
2622
under
abimelech
æhte
lædan
2623
mid
his
hiwum.
hæleðum
sægde
2624
þæt
sarra
his
sweostor
wære.
2625
abraham
wordum
bearh
his
aldre
2626
þy
he
wiste
gearwe
þæt
he
winemaga
2627
on
folce
lyt
freonda
hæfde.
2628
þa
se
þeoden
his
þegnas
sende,
2629
heht
bringan
to
him
selfum
2630
Þa
þe
wæs
ellþeodig
oðre
siðe,
2631
wif
abrames
from
were
læded
2632
on
fremdes
fæðm.
him
þær
fylste
þa
2633
ece
drihten
swa
he
oft
dyde,
2634
nergend
usser,
com
nihtes
self
2635
þær
se
waldend
læg,
wine
druncen.
2636
Ongan
þa
soðcyning
þurh
swefn
sprecan
2637
to
þam
æðelinge
and
him
yrre
hweop:
2638 “
þu
abrahames
idese
gename,
2639
bryde
æt
beorne.
þe
abregdan
sceal
2640
for
þære
dæde
deað
of
breostum
2641
sawle
þine.”
Him
symbelwerig
2642
sinces
brytta
þurh
slæp
oncwæð:
2643 “
Hwæt,
þu
æfre,
engla
þeoden,
2644
þurh
þin
yrre
wilt
aldre
lætan,
2645
heah,
beheowan
þæne
þe
her
leofað
2646
rihtum
þeawum,
bið
on
ræde
fæst
2647
modgeþance
and
him
miltse
2648
to
þe
seceð?
me
sægde
ær
2649
þæt
wif
hire
wordum
selfa
2650
unfricgendum
þæt
heo
abrahames
2651
sweostor
wære.
næbbe
ic
synne
wið
hie,
2652
facna
ænig
gefremed
gena.”
2653
Him
þa
ædre
eft
ece
drihten,
2654
soðfæst
metod,
þurh
þæt
swefn
oncwæð:
2655 “
Agif
abrahame
idese
sine,
2656
wif
to
gewealde
gif
þu
on
worulde
leng,
2657
æðelinga
helm,
aldres
recce.
2658
he
is
god
and
gleaw,
mæg
self
sprecan,
2659
geseon
sweglcyning.
þu
sweltan
scealt
2660
mid
feo
and
mid
feorme
gif
ðu
þam
frumgaran
2661
bryde
wyrnest.
he
abiddan
mæg
2662
gif
he
ofstum
me
ærendu
wile,
2663
þeawfæst
and
geþyldig,
þin
abeodan
2664
þæt
ic
þe
lissa
lifigendum
giet
2665
on
dagum
læte
duguþa
brucan,
2666
sinces
gesundne.”
Þa
slæpe
tobrægd
2667
forht
folces
weard.
heht
him
fetigean
to
2668
sprecan
sine,
spedum
sægde
2669
eorlum
abimeleh,
egesan
geðread,
2670
waldendes
word.
weras
him
ondredon
2671
for
þære
dæde
drihtnes
handa
2672
sweng
æfter
swefne.
Heht
sylf
cyning
2673
him
þa
abraham
to
ofstum
miclum.
2674
Þa
reordode
rice
þeoden:
2675 “
mago
ebrea,
þæs
þu
me
wylle
2676
wordum
secgean:
hu
geworhte
ic
þæt
2677
siððan
þu
usic
under,
abraham,
þine
2678
on
þas
eðelturf
æhta
læddest,
2679
þæt
þu
me
þus
swiðe
searo
renodest?
2680
þu
ellþeodig
usic
woldest
2681
on
þisse
folcsceare
facne
besyrwan,
2682
synnum
besmitan,
sægdest
wordum
2683
þæt
sarra
þin
sweostor
wære,
2684
lices
mæge,
woldest
laðlice
2685
þurh
þæt
wif
on
me
wrohte
alecgean,
2686
ormæte
yfel.
we
þe
arlice
2687
gefeormedon
and
þe
freondlice
2688
on
þisse
werþeode
wic
getæhton,
2689
land
to
lissum.
þu
us
leanast
nu
2690
unfreondlice,
fremena
þancast.”
XXXIX
2691
Abraham
þa
andswarode:
2692 “
ne
dyde
ic
for
facne
ne
for
feondscipe
2693
ne
for
wihte
þæs
ic
þe
wean
uðe.
2694
Ac
ic
me,
gumena
baldor,
guðbordes
sweng
2695
leodmagum
feor
lare
gebearh
2696
siððan
me
se
halga
of
hyrde
frean,
2697
mines
fæder,
fyrn
alædde.
2698
Ic
fela
siððan
folca
gesohte,
2699
wina
uncuðra
and
þis
wif
mid
me,
2700
freonda
feasceaft.
ic
þæs
færes
a
2701
on
wenum
sæt
hwonne
me
wraðra
sum
2702
ellþeodigne
aldre
beheowe
2703
se
ðe
him
þas
idese
eft
agan
wolde.
2704
forðon
ic
wigsmiðum
wordum
sægde
2705
þæt
sarra
min
sweostor
wære
2706
æghwær
eorðan
þær
wit
earda
leas
2707
mid
wealandum
winnan
sceoldon.
2708
Ic
þæt
ilce
dreah
on
þisse
eðyltyrf
2709
siððan
ic
þina,
þeoden
mæra,
2710
mundbyrde
geceas
ne
wæs
me
on
mode
cuð
2711
hwæðer
on
þyssum
folce
frean
ælmihtiges
2712
egesa
wære
þa
ic
her
ærest
com.
2713
forþon
ic
þegnum
þinum
dyrnde
2714
and
sylfum
þe
swiðost
micle
2715
soðan
spræce,
þæt
me
sarran
2716
bryde
laste
beddreste
gestah.”
2717
þa
ongan
abimæleh
abraham
swiðan
2718
woruldgestreonum
and
him
his
wif
ageaf.
2719
Sealde
him
to
bote
þæs þe
he
his
bryd
genam
2720
gangende
feoh
and
glæd
seolfor
2721
and
weorcþeos.
spræc
þa
wordum
eac
2722
to
abrahame
æðelinga
helm:
2723 “
wuna
mid
usic
and
þe
wic
geceos
2724
on
þissum
lande
þær
þe
leofost
sie,
2725
eðelstowe
þe
ic
agan
sceal.
2726
wes
us
fæle
freond.
we
ðe
feoh
syllað.”
2727
cwæð
þa
eft
raðe
oðre
worde
2728
to
sarran
sinces
brytta:
2729 “
ne
þearf
ðe
on
edwit
abraham
settan,
2730
ðin
freadrihten,
þæt
þu
flettpaðas,
2731
mæg
ælfscieno,
mine
træde
2732
ac
him
hygeteonan
hwitan
seolfre
2733
deope
bete.
ne
ceara
incit
duguða
2734
of
ðisse
eðyltyrf
ellor
secan
2735
winas
uncuðe
ac
wuniað
her.”
2736
Abraham
fremede
swa
hine
his
aldor
heht,
2737
onfeng
freondscipe
be
frean
hæse
2738
lufum
and
lissum.
he
wæs
leof
gode
2739
forðon
he
sibbe
gesælig
dreah
2740
and
his
scippende
under
sceade
gefor,
2741
hleowfeðrum
þeaht,
her
þenden
lifde.
2742
þa
gien
wæs
yrre
god
abimelehe
2743
for
þære
synne
þe
he
wið
sarrai
2744
and
wið
abrahame
ær
gefremede
2745
Þa
he
gedælde
him
deore
twa,
2746
wif
and
wæpned.
he
þæs
weorc
gehleat,
2747
frecne
wite.
ne
meahton
freo
ne
þeowe
2748
heora
bregoweardas
bearnum
agan
2749
monrim
mægeð
ac
him
þæt
metod
forstod
2750
Oð þæt
se
halga
his
hlaforde,
2751
abraham,
ongan
arna
biddan
2752
ecne
drihten.
him
engla
helm
2753
getigðode,
tuddorsped
onleac
2754
folccyninge
freora
and
þeowra,
2755
wera
and
wifa.
let
weaxan
eft
2756
heora
rimgetel
rodora
waldend,
2757
ead
and
æhta.
ælmihtig
wearð
2758
milde
on
mode,
moncynnes
weard,
2759
abimeleche
swa
hine
abraham
bæd.
2760
Þa
com
feran
frea
ælmihtig
2761
to
sarrai
swa
he
self
gecwæð.
2762
waldend
usser,
hæfde
wordbeot
2763
leofum
gelæsted,
lifes
aldor
2764
eaforan
and
idese.
abrahame
woc
2765
bearn
of
bryde
þone
brego
engla
2766
ær
ðy
magotudre
modor
wære
2767
eacen
be
eorle,
isaac
nemde.
2768
hine
abraham
on
his
agene
hand
2769
beacen
sette
swa
him
bebead
metod,
2770
wuldortorht,
ymb
wucan,
þæs þe
hine
on
woruld
2771
to
moncynne
modor
brohte.
XL
2772
Cniht
weox
and
þag
swa
him
cynde
wæron
2773
æðele
from
yldrum.
abraham
hæfde
2774
wintra
hundteontig
þa
him
wif
sunu
2775
on
þanc
gebær.
he
þæs
ðrage
bad
2776
siððan
him
ærest
þurh
his
agen
word
2777
þone
dægwillan
drihten
bodode.
2778
þa
seo
wyrd
gewearð
þæt
þæt
wif
geseah
2779
for
abrahame
ismael
plegan
2780
ðær
hie
æt
swæsendum
sæton
bu
tu,
2781
halig
on
hige
and
heora
hiwan
eall
2782
druncon
and
drymdon
þa
cwæð
drihtlecu
mæg,
2783
bryd
to
beorne:
“ forgif
me,
beaga
weard,
2784
min
swæs
frea:
hat
siððan
2785
agar
ellor
and
ismael
2786
lædan
mid
hie
ne
beoð
we
leng
somed
2787
willum
minum
gif
ic
wealdan
mot.
2788
næfre
ismael
wið
isace,
2789
wið
min
agen
bearn
yrfe
dæleð
2790
on
laste
þe
þonne
þu
of
lice
2791
aldor
asendest.”
þa
wæs
abrahame
2792
weorce
on
mode
þæt
he
on
wræc
drife
2793
his
selfes
sunu.
Þa
com
soð
metod,
2794
freom
on
fultum.
wiste
ferhð
guman
2795
cearum
on
clommum.
cyning
engla
spræc
2796
to
abrahame,
ece
drihten:
2797 “
læt
þe
aslupan
sorge
of
breostum,
2798
modgewinnan
and
mægeð
hire,
2799
bryde
þinre.
hat
bu
tu
aweg
2800
agar
feran
and
ismael,
2801
cniht
of
cyððe.
ic
his
cynn
gedo
2802
brad
and
bresne
bearna
tudre,
2803
wæstmum
spedig,
swa
ic
þe
wordum
gehet.”
2804
þa
se
wer
hyrde
his
waldende,
2805
draf
of
wicum
dreorigmod
tu,
2806
idese
of
earde
and
his
agen
bearn ......
2807
“ Sweotol
is
and
gesene
þæt
þe
soð
metod
2808
on
gesiððe
is,
swegles
aldor,
2809
se
ðe
sigor
seleð
snytrum
mihtum
2810
and
þin
mod
trymeð
2811
godcundum
gifum.
forðon
ðe
giena
speow,
2812
þæs
þu
wið
freond
oððe
feond
fremman
ongunne
2813
wordum
oððe
dædum.
waldend
scufeð,
2814
frea,
forðwegas
folmum
sinum
2815
willan
þinne.
þæt
is
wide
cuð
2816
burhsittendum.
ic
þe
bidde
nu,
2817
wine
ebrea,
wordum
minum
2818
þæt
þu
tilmodig
treowa
selle,
2819
wæra
þina
þæt
þu
wille
me
2820
wesan
fæle
freond
fremena
to
leane
2821
þara
þe
ic
to
duguðum
ðe
gedon
hæbbe
2822
siððan
ðu
feasceaft
feorran
come
2823
on
þas
werþeode
wræccan
laste.
2824
Gyld
me
mid
hyldo
þæt
ic
þe
hneaw
ne
wæs
2825
landes
and
lissa.
wes
þissum
leodum
nu
2826
and
mægburge
minre
arfæst
2827
gif
þe
alwalda,
ure
drihten,
2828
scirian
wille,
se
ðe
gesceapu
healdeð
2829
þæt
þu
randwigum
rumor
mote
2830
on
ðisse
folcsceare
frætwa
dælan,
2831
modigra
gestreon,
mearce
settan.”
2832
Ða
abraham
abimelehe
2833
wære
sealde
þæt
he
wolde
swa.
XLI
2834
Siððan
wæs
se
eadega
eafora
þares
2835
in
filistea
folce
eardfæst,
2836
leod
ebrea
lange
þrage,
2837
feasceaft
mid
fremdum.
him
frea
engla
2838
wic
getæhte,
þær
weras
hatað
2839
burhsittende
bersabea
lond.
2840
Ðær
se
halga
heah
steapreced,
2841
burh,
timbrede
and
bearo
sette,
2842
weobedd
worhte
and
his
waldende
2843
on
þam
glædstede
gild
onsægde,
2844
lac
geneahe
þam
þe
lif
forgeaf
2845
gesæliglic
swegle
under.
2846
Þa
þæs
rinces
se
rica
ongan,
2847
cyning,
costigan,
cunnode
georne
2848
hwilc
þæs
æðelinges
ellen
wære.
2849
stiðum
wordum
spræc
him
stefne
to:
2850 “
gewit
þu
ofestlice,
abraham,
feran,
2851
lastas
lecgan
and
þe
læde
mid
2852
þin
agen
bearn.
þu
scealt
isaac
me
2853
onsecgan,
sunu
ðinne,
sylf
to
tibre
2854
siððan
þu
gestigest
steape
dune,
2855
hrincg
þæs
hean
landes
þe
ic
þe
heonon
getæce
2856
up
þinum
agnum
fotum
þær
þu
scealt
ad
gegærwan
2857
bælfyr
bearne
þinum,
and
blotan
sylf
2858
sunu
mid
sweordes
ecge
and
þonne
sweartan
lige
2859
leofes
lic
forbærnan
and
me
lac
bebeodan.”
2860
Ne
forsæt
he
þy
siðe
ac
sona
ongann
2861
fysan
to
fore.
him
wæs
frean
engla,
2862
word,
ondrysne
and
his
waldende
leof.
2863
Þa
se
eadga
abraham
sine
2864
nihtreste
ofgeaf.
nalles
nergendes
2865
hæse
wiðhogode
ac
hine
se
halga
wer
2866
gyrde
grægan
sweorde,
cyðde
þæt
him
gasta
weardes
2867
egesa
on
breostum
wunode.
ongan
þa
his
esolas
bætan
2868
gamolferhð
goldes
brytta.
heht
hine
geonge
twegen
2869
men
mid
siðian.
mæg
wæs
his
agen
þridda
2870
and
he
feorða
sylf.
þa
he
fus
gewat
2871
from
his
agenum
hofe
isaac
lædan,
2872
bearn
unweaxen,
swa
him
bebead
metod.
2873
efste
þa
swiðe
and
onette
2874
forð
foldwege
swa
him
frea
tæhte
2875
wegas
ofer
westen
oð þæt
wuldortorht
2876
dæges
þriddan
up
ofer
deop
wæter
2877
ord
aræmde.
þa
se
eadega
wer
2878
geseah
hlifigan
hea
dune
2879
swa
him
sægde
ær
swegles
aldor.
2880
Ða
abraham
spræc
to
his
ombihtum:
2881 “
Rincas
mine
restað
incit
her
2882
on
þissum
wicum.
wit
eft
cumað
2883
siððan
wit
ærende
uncer
twega
2884
gastcyninge
agifen
habbað.”
2885
Gewat
him
þa
se
æðeling
and
his
agen
sunu
2886
to
þæs
gemearces
þe
him
metod
tæhte
2887
wadan
ofer
wealdas.
wudu
bær
sunu,
2888
fæder
fyr
and
sweord.
Ða
þæs
fricgean
ongann
2889
wer
wintrum
geong
wordum
abraham:
2890 “
Wit
her
fyr
and
sweord,
frea
min,
habbað.
2891
hwær
is
þæt
tiber,
þæt
þu
torht
gode
2892
to
þam
brynegielde
bringan
þencest?”
2893
Abraham
maðelode.
hæfde
on
an
gehogod
2894
þæt
he
gedæde
swa
hine
drihten
het:
2895 “
Him
þæt
soðcyning
sylfa
findeð,
2896
moncynnes
weard,
swa
him
gemet
þinceð.”
2897
gestah
þa
stiðhydig
steape
dune
2898
up
mid
his
eaforan,
swa
him
se
eca
bebead
2899
þæt
he
on
hrofe
gestod
hean
landes
2900
on
þære
stowe
þe
him
se
stranga
to,
2901
wærfæst
metod,
wordum
tæhte.
2902
Ongan
þa
ad
hladan,
æled
weccan,
2903
and
gefeterode
fet
and
honda
2904
bearne
sinum
and
þa
on
bæl
ahof
2905
isaac
geongne
and
þa
ædre
gegrap
2906
sweord
be
gehiltum.
wolde
his
sunu
cwellan
2907
folmum
sinum,
fyre
sencan
2908
mæges
dreore.
þa
metodes
ðegn
2909
ufan,
engla
sum,
abraham
hlude
2910
stefne
cygde.
he
stille
gebad
2911
ares
spræce
and
þam
engle
oncwæð.
2912
Him
þa
ofstum
to
ufan
of
roderum
2913
wuldorgast
godes
wordum
mælde:
2914 “
Abraham
leofa,
ne
sleah
þin
agen
bearn
2915
ac
þu
cwicne
abregd
cniht
of
ade,
2916
eaforan
þinne.
him
an
wuldres
god,
2917
mago
ebrea.
þu
medum
scealt
2918
þurh
þæs
halgan
hand
heofoncyninges
2919
soðum
sigorleanum
selfa
onfon,
2920
ginfæstum
gifum.
þe
wile
gasta
weard
2921
lissum
gyldan
þæt
þe
wæs
leofre
his
2922
sibb
and
hyldo
þonne
þin
sylfes
bearn.”
2923
Ad
stod
onæled.
hæfde
abrahame
2924
metod
moncynnes,
mæge
lothes,
2925
breost
geblissad
þa
he
him
his
bearn
forgeaf,
2926
isaac,
cwicne.
Ða
se
eadega
bewlat,
2927
rinc
ofer
exle
and
him
þær
rom
geseah
2928
unfeor
þanon
ænne
standan,
2929
broðor
arones,
brembrum
fæstne
2930
þone
abraham
genam
and
hine
on
ad
ahof
2931
ofestum
miclum
for
his
agen
bearn.
2932
Abrægd
þa
mid
þy
bille,
brynegield
onhread,
2933
reccendne
weg
rommes
blode,
2934
onbleot
þæt
lac
gode,
sægde
leana
þanc
2935
and
ealra
þara
þe
he
him
sið
and
ær,
2936
gifena,
drihten
forgifen
hæfde.