Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ealle þeode ecne drihten
mid hygecræfte herigan wordum,
and hine eall folc on efn æðelne herigan.
Forþon his mildheortnyss is mycel ofer us
torhtlice getrymed, til mancynne,
and soðfæstnys swylce dryhtnes
wunað ece awa to feore.
