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Heliand
Part No. 8
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Chapter: VIII 
VIII


Verse: 630    [Thô] gifragn ic that sân aftar thiu   slîðmôd cuning
Verse: 631    thero uuârsagono uuord   them uurekkiun sagda,
Verse: 632    thea thar an [elilendi]   erlos uuârun
Verse: 633    ferran gifarana,   endi he frâgoda aftar thiu,
Verse: 634    huan sie an ôstaruuegun   êrist [gisâhin]
Verse: 635    thana cuningsterron [cuman],   cumbal luihtien
Verse: 636    hêdro fon himile.   Sie ni uueldun is im thô helen [eouuiht],
Verse: 637    ac sagdun it im sôðlîco.   Thô hêt he sie an thana sîð faran,
Verse: 638    hêt that sie ira ârundi   al undarfundin
Verse: 639    umbi thes kindes cumi,   endi the cuning selƀo gibôd
Verse: 640    suîðo hardlico,   hêrro Iudeono,
Verse: 641    them uuîsun mannun,   êr than sie fôrin [uuestan] forð,
Verse: 642    that sie im eft gicûðdin,   huar he thana cuning scoldi
Verse: 643    sôkean [at] is [selðon];   quað that he thar uueldi mid is gisîðun tô,
Verse: 644    bedan [te them] barne.   Than hogda he im te banon uuerðan
Verse: 645    uuâpnes eggiun.   Than eft uualdand god
Verse: 646    thâhte uuið them thinga:   [he] mahta [athengean] mêr,
Verse: 647    gilêstean an thesum liohte:   that is noh lango skîn,
Verse: 648    gicûðid craft godes.   Thô gengun eft thiu cumbl forð
Verse: 649    uuânum undar [uuolcnun].   Thô uuârun thea uuîson man
Verse: 650    fûsa te faranne:   giuuitun [im] forð thanan
Verse: 651    balda an bodskepi:   uueldun that barn godes
Verse: 652    [selƀon] sôkean.   Sie ni habdun thanan gisîðeas mêr,
Verse: 653    [bûtan] that sie thrie uuârun:   uuissun im thingo giskêð,
   
Verse: 654    uuârun im glauue gumon,   the thea geƀa lêddun.

Verse: 655    Than sâhun sie sô uuîslîco   undar thana uuolcnes skion,
Verse: 656    up te them hôhon himile,   huô fôrun thea huuîton sterron
Verse: 657    - antkendun sie [that] cumbal godes -,   [thiu] uuârun thurh [Krista] herod
Verse: 658    giuuarht te thesero uueroldi.   Thea uueros aftar gengun,
Verse: 659    folgodun ferahtlîco   - sie frumide the mahte -
Verse: 660    antthat [sie] gisâhun,   sîðuuôrige man,
Verse: 661    berht bôcan godes,   blêc an himile
Verse: 662    stillo gistanden.   The [sterro] liohto skên
Verse: 663    huuît oƀar them hûse,   thar that hêlage barn
Verse: 664    uuonode an uuilleon   endi ina that uuîf biheld,
Verse: 665    thiu thiorne githiudo.   Thô uuarð [thero] thegno hugi
Verse: 666    blîði an iro briostun:   bi them bôcna forstôdun,
Verse: 667    that sie that friðubarn godes   funden habdun,
Verse: 668    hêlagna heƀencuning.   Thô sie an that hûs innan
Verse: 669    mid iro geƀun gengun,   gumon ôstronea,
Verse: 670    sîðuuôrige man:   sân antkendun
Verse: 671    thea uueros uualdand Krist.   Thea uurekkion fellun
Verse: 672    te them kinde an kneobeda   endi ina an cuninguuîsa
Verse: 673    gôdan grôttun   endi im thea geƀa drôgun,
Verse: 674    gold endi [uuîhrôc]   bi godes têcnun
Verse: 675    *endi [myrra] thar [mid].   Thea man stôdun garouua,
Verse: 676    holde for iro hêrron,   thea it mid iro handun sân
Verse: 677    fagaro [antfengun].   Thô giuuitun im thea [ferahton] man,
Verse: 678    seggi te selðon   sîðuuôrige,
Verse: 679    gumon an gastseli.   Thar im godes engil
Verse: 680    slâpandiun an naht   [suueƀan] gitôgde,
Verse: 681    gidrog [im] an drôme,   al so it drohtin self,
Verse: 682    [uualdand] uuelde,   [that] [im] [thûhte] that man im mid uuordun gibudi,
Verse: 683    that sie im* thanan ôðran uueg,   erlos fôrin,
Verse: 684    liðodin sie te lande   endi thana lêðan man,
Verse: 685    Erodesan   eft ni sôhtin,
Verse: 686    môdagna    cuning.   Thô uuarð morgan cuman
Verse: 687    uuânum te thesero uueroldi.   Thô bigunnun thea uuîson man
Verse: 688    seggean iro sueƀanos;   selƀon antkendun
Verse: 689    uualdandes uuord,   huuand sie giuuit mikil
Verse: 690    bârun an iro briostun:   bâdun alouualdon,
Verse: 691    [hêron] heƀencuning,   that sie môstin is huldi forð,
Verse: 692    giuuirkean is uuilleon,   quâðun that sea [ti] im habdin giuuendit hugi,
Verse: 693    *[iro] môd [morgan] [gihuuem].   Thô [fôrun] eft thie man thanan,
Verse: 694    erlos ôstronie,   al sô im the engil godes
Verse: 695    uuordun giuuîsde:   nâmun im uueg ôðran,
Verse: 696    fulgengun godes lêrun:   ni uueldun [themu] [Iudeo] cuninge
Verse: 697    umbi thes barnes giburd   bodon ôstronie,
Verse: 698    sîðuuôrige man   seggian [giouuiht],
Verse: 699    ac uuendun im eft an iro uuillion.




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