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Homiletic Fragment II
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Gefeoh nu on ferðe ond to frofre geþeoh
dryhtne þinum, ond þinne dom arær,
heald hordlocan, hyge fæste bind
mid modsefan. Monig biþ uncuþ
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treowgeþofta, teorað hwilum,
waciaþ wordbeot; swa þeos woruld fareð,
scurum scyndeð ond gesceap dreogeð.
An is geleafa, an lifgende,
an is fulwiht, an fæder ece,
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an is folces fruma, se þas foldan gesceop,
duguðe ond dreamas. Dom siþþan weox,
þeah þeos læne gesceaft longe stode
heolstre gehyded, helme ...edygled,
biþeaht wel treowum, þystre oferfæðmed,
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siþþan geong aweox
mægeð modhwatu mid moncynne;
ðær gelicade þa... ...op
in þam hordfate, halgan gæste,
beorht on br... ...e scan,
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se wæs ordfruma ealles leohtes.