The Old Ways

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Alms-Giving

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Wel bið þam eorle þe him on innan hafað, reþehygdig wer, rume heortan; þæt him biþ for worulde weorðmynda mæst, ond for ussum dryhtne doma selast. Efne swa he mid wætre þone weallendan leg adwæsce, þæt he leng ne mæg blac byrnende burgum sceððan, swa he mid ælmessan ealle toscufeð synna wunde, sawla lacnað.