{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a18.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a18.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a18.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends and Sagas\u00a0\n WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site]\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n An Exhortation to Christian Living\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Nu l\u00e6re ic \u00fee \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa man leofne sceal. \n Gif \u00feu wille \u00fe\u00e6t blowende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rice gestigan,\n \u00fe\u00e6nne beo \u00feu eadmod \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and \u00e6lmesgeorn,\n wis on wordum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and w\u00e6ccan lufa\n- 5\n- \n on hyge halgum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on \u00feas hwilwendan tid, \n bli\u00f0e mode, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and gebedum filige\n oftost symle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r \u00feu ana sy.\n For\u00f0an \u00fe\u00e6t halige gebed \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and seo hluttre lufu\n godes and manna \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and seo \u00e6lmessylen\n- 10\n- \n and se miccla hopa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to \u00feinum h\u00e6lende, \n \u00fe\u00e6t he \u00feine synna \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 adw\u00e6scan wylle,\n and eac o\u00feera fela\n godra weorca \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 glenga\u00f0 and bringa\u00f0\n \u00fea so\u00f0f\u00e6stan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sauwle to reste\n- 15\n- \n on \u00fea uplican \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eadignesse. \n Wyrc \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu wyrce, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 word o\u00f0\u00f0e d\u00e6da,\n hafa metodes ege \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on gemang symle;\n \u00fe\u00e6t is witodlice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wisdomes ord,\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu \u00fe\u00e6t ece leoht \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eal ne forleose.\n- 20\n- \n \u00feeos woruld is \u00e6t ende, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and we synd w\u00e6dlan gyt \n heofena rices; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t is hefig byrden.\n And \u00feeah \u00feu \u00e6fter \u00feinum ende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eall gesylle\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu on eor\u00f0an \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6r gestryndes\n goda gehwylces, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wylle gode cweman,\n- 25\n- \n ne mihtu mid \u00fe\u00e6m eallum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sauwle \u00feine \n ut alysan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif heo inne wyr\u00f0\n feondum befangen, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 frofre bed\u00e6led,\n welena forwyrned; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac \u00feu wuldres god,\n ece \u00e6lmihtigne, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealninga bidde\n- 30\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t he \u00fee ne forl\u00e6te \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 la\u00f0um to handa, \n feondum to frofre, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac \u00feu fleoh \u00feanan,\n syle \u00e6lmessan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 oft and gelome\n digolice; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t bi\u00f0 drihtnes lac\n gumena gehwylces \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee on god gelyf\u00f0.\n- 35\n- \n Ceapa \u00fee mid \u00e6htum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eces leohtes, \n \u00fey l\u00e6s \u00feu forweor\u00f0e, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6nne \u00feu hyra geweald nafast\n to syllanne. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hit bi\u00f0 swi\u00f0e yfel\n manna gehwilcum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he micel age,\n gif he him god ne ondr\u00e6t\n- 40\n- \n swi\u00f0or micle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne his sylfes gewil. \n Warna \u00fee georne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6re wambe fylle,\n for\u00fean heo \u00fea un\u00feeawas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle gesomna\u00f0\n \u00fee \u00fe\u00e6re saule \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0ost deria\u00f0,\n \u00fe\u00e6t is druncennes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and dyrnegeligere,\n- 45\n- \n ungemet wilnung \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6tes and sl\u00e6pes; \n \u00fea man m\u00e6g mid f\u00e6stenum\n and forh\u00e6fdnessum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heonon adrifan,\n and mid cyricsocnum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cealdum wederum\n eadmodlice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealluncga biddan\n- 50\n- \n heofena drihten \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he \u00fee h\u00e6l gife, \n milde mundbora, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa him gemet \u00feince.\n And ondr\u00e6d \u00feu \u00f0e \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dihle wisan,\n nearwe ge\u00feancas, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee on niht becuma\u00f0,\n synlustas foroft \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e fremman\n- 55\n- \n earfo\u00f0lice, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fey \u00feu earhlice scealt \n gyltas \u00feine \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e bemurnan,\n har hilderinc; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hefie \u00fee \u00f0inca\u00fe\n synna \u00feine. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For\u00feam \u00feu sylf ongyte\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu al\u00e6tan scealt \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 l\u00e6ne sta\u00feelas,\n- 60\n- \n eard and e\u00feel. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Uncu\u00f0 bi\u00f0 \u00fee \u00fe\u00e6nne \n tohwan \u00fee \u00fein drihten \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gedon wille,\n \u00fe\u00e6nne \u00feu lengc ne most \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lifes brucan,\n eardes on e\u00fele, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa \u00feu \u00e6r dydest,\n blissum hremi. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nu \u00feu \u00f0e beorgan scealt,\n- 65\n- \n and wi\u00f0 feonda gehw\u00e6ne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f\u00e6ste healdan \n sauwle \u00feine; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a hi winna\u00f0\n embe \u00fe\u00e6t\n d\u00e6ges and nihtes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ongean drihtnes lif.\n \u00feu miht hy gefleman, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif \u00feu filian wilt\n- 70\n- \n larum minum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa ic l\u00e6re \u00fee \n digollice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu on d\u00e6gred oft\n ymbe \u00feinre sauwle r\u00e6d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e smeage,\n hu \u00feu \u00fe\u00e6t ece leoht \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6fre begytan m\u00e6ge,\n si\u00f0e gesecan; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feu scealt gl\u00e6dlice swi\u00f0e swincan\n- 75\n- \n wi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6s uplican \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 e\u00feelrices \n d\u00e6ges and nihtes, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feu scealt druncen fleon\n and \u00fea oferfylle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle forl\u00e6tan.\n Gif \u00feu wilt \u00fea upplican \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eardwic ceosan,\n \u00fe\u00e6nne scealt \u00feu hit on eor\u00f0an \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6r ge\u00feencan,\n- 80\n- \n and \u00feu \u00fee sylfne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e gebindan \n and \u00fea un\u00feeawas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle forl\u00e6tan\n \u00fee \u00feu on \u00feis life \u00e6r \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lufedest and feddest.","title":"An Exhortation to Christian Living","type":"page"}