Sēo Cwēn
III
Riht
Sēo Cwēn is sēo stōw wæstmes: corn rīpaþ, wudu giefþ helm, and clǣne wæter yrnþ. Hēr biþ genōg, and þæt genōg cymþ of eorþan, nā of ofermōde.
Wæstm is nā hræd. Hē bæd tīd, and rēn, and handa þe willaþ bīdan. Þæt þū fēdst, þæt fētt þē eft.
Tōdæg gief þām þe weaxeþ þā tīd þe hit þearf. Ne gadera ǣr. Se wæstm sægþ self þonne hē gearo biþ.
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Hwǣte Līþe wela gaderaþ stille, swā fæst swā feldas under sunnan and heofone.
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Hwǣtegeolu Genyht wunaþ on þām smalum þrǣdum þe þū hrīnan meaht, and þæt þū tōdæg gaderast, þæt þū healdst.
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Gylden Læt þæt þe ǣr weaxeþ þīnne dæg onbryrdan, for þām se wyrtūn giefþ stille.
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Wudugrēne Þæt þe stille gehende weaxeþ mæg þē frēfran and fēdan, for þām genyht wunaþ þær þū wilt hit gīeman.
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Elegrēne Stille wylspring genihtes is hēr, and strengu tō dǣlenne þæt þe ǣr is giefen.
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Persocfealu Læt līþnesse gaderian on stillum wīsum, and find genyht on þām þe þū ǣr hæfst.
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Lēoht geolurēad Ǣlc dæg bereþ his stillan rīp, and līþnes mæg bēon þīn setl genihtes.
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Blōsmrēad Genyht is gehende, and fēd þæt þe ǣr is þīn.
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Blōsmbasu Læt genyht stille ymb þē sittan, for þām þā smalostan wīsan magon þone dæg swētian.
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Huniggrēne Se wyrtūn hielt his orþ, and se stilla wæstm is gearo on morgenlēohte.
Onwend
Sēo eorþe mæg wērig bēon, oþþe þū gaderast ǣr se wæstm sīe gearo. Þæt land giefþ, and þū nimst mā þonne hit mæg giefan, oþþe þū forgitst þæt land mid ealle.
Onwend, sēo wæstmbǣrnes wierþ tō wērigum ofermōde, oþþe tō ælmessan þe þū ne underfēhst. Þā handa willaþ hræde, and se æppel is gȳt grēne.
Tōdæg læt ān þing rīpan. Gif þū wērig eart, rest ǣr þū eft sāwst. Se grund mæg gȳt fēdan, gif þū hine ne berēafast.
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Deorc elegrēne Læt þone forgietnan wyrtūn þīn geþyld scieppan, for þām ēac þā hefigostan bōgas magon eft wæstm ber…
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Elefealu Begīm þā ofergrowennesse, and nīm eft þæt þe se rīp forlēt.
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Rōsebrūn Behāt lenctenes is stillra, ac hit wunaþ.
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Eorþbrūn Ēac þonne se feld æmtig ligeþ, se grund bīdeþ, and sēo ealde eorþe hielt hire spell.
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Dūstfealu Læt care eft onginnan þǣr þīne handa þæt weorc findaþ, and līþe rīp mæg weaxan of þām þe tōdæg biþ …
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Deorc gylden Nīm mid þīnum handum þæt þe gȳt stent on þām felde, for þām ēac on gymeleaste hwæt wunaþ.
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Brūn Se wyrtūn bīdeþ þīnre handa, and smale dǣda geedstaþeliaþ þone forlorenan rīp.
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Dēopbrūn Mægen gifa þǣre eorþan þīne handa findan, ēac on stillum tīdum.
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Trēowbrūn Fæst hand geedstaþelaþ þæt þe gymeleast gelīþode.
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Dēop fealu Se hefiga rēn gewīt, and þā beorgas bīdaþ þǣre sunnan.