The Old Ways

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The Paris Psalter: Psalm 132

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Efne hu glædlic bið and god swylce, þætte broður on an begen hicgen, þær hig ænne sculan eard weardian. Swa unguentum mæg æðele wyrtcynn heafde healdan hrore stence, mid þy Aaron his beard oftast smyrede. Seo niðer astah on his reafæs fnæd swa æþele deaw on Hermone, se ofer Sionbeorge sneome astigeð. Forþon her bebead halig drihten lifes bletsunga lange to feore of þisson nu awa to worulde.