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Alms-Giving

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Wel bið þam eorle      þe him on innan hafað,
reþehygdig wer,      rume heortan;
þæt him biþ for worulde      weorðmynda mæst,
ond for ussum dryhtne      doma selast.
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Efne swa he mid wætre      þone weallendan
leg adwæsce,      þæt he leng ne mæg
blac byrnende      burgum sceððan,
swa he mid ælmessan      ealle toscufeð
synna wunde,      sawla lacnað.