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Homiletic Fragment II

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

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.