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,

10

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.