Homiletic Fragment II

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next 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 - 5 - 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, - 15 - siþþan geong aweox mægeð modhwatu mid moncynne; ðær gelicade þa... ...op in þam hordfate, halgan gæste, beorht on br... ...e scan, - 20 - se wæs ordfruma ealles leohtes.