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Thureth

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic eom halgungboc;      healde hine dryhten
þe me fægere þus      frætewum belegde.
þureð to þance      þus het me wyrcean,
to loue and to wurðe,      þam þe leoht gesceop.
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Gemyndi is he      mihta gehwylcre
þæs þe he on foldan      gefremian mæg,
and him geþancie      þeoda waldend
þæs þe he on gemynde      madma manega
wyle gemearcian      metode to lace;
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and he sceal ece lean      ealle findan
þæs þe he on foldan      fremaþ to ryhte.