TITUS
Heliand
Part No. 9
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Chapter: IX 
IX


Verse: 699       Thô uuarð sân aftar thiu uualdandes,
Verse: 700    godes engil cumen   Iosepe te [sprâcun],
Verse: 701    sagde im an suuefne   slâpandium [an] naht,
Verse: 702    bodo drohtines,   that that barn godes
Verse: 703    slîðmôd cuning   sôkean uuelda,
Verse: 704    âhtean is aldres;   "nu [scaltu] ine an Aegypteo
Verse: 705    land [antlêdean]   endi undar them luidiun uuesan
Verse: 706    mid thiu godes barnu   endi mid theru gôdan thior*nan,
Verse: 707    uunon undar themu uuerode,   untthat thi uuord [cume]
Verse: 708    hêrron thînes,   that thu that hêlage barn
Verse: 709    eft te thesum landscepi   lêdian môtis,
Verse: 710    drohtin thînen."   Thô fon them drôma ansprang
Verse: 711    Ioseph an is gestseli,   endi that godes gibod
Verse: 712    sân antkenda:   giuuêt im an [thana] sîð thanen
Verse: 713    the thegan mid theru thiornon,   sôhta im thiod ôðra
Verse: 714    oƀar brêdan berg:   uuelda that barn godes
Verse: 715    fîundun antfôrian.   *Thô gifrang aftar thiu
Verse: 716    Erodes the cuning,   thar he an is rîkea sat,
Verse: 717    [that] uuârun thea uuîson man   uuestan gihuuorƀan
Verse: 718    ôstar an iro ôðil   endi fôrun im ôðran uueg:
Verse: 719    uuisse [that] sie [im] that    ârundi   eft ni uueldun
Verse: 720    seggian an is selðon.   Thô [uuarð] im [thes] an sorgun hugi,
Verse: 721    môd mornondi,   quað that it [im] thie man dedin,
Verse: 722    heliðos* te hônðun.   Thô he [sô] hriuuig sat,
Verse: 723    balg ina an is briostun,   quað that he is mahti [betaron] râd,
Verse: 724    [ôðran] githenkien:   "nu ic is aldar can,
Verse: 725    uuêt is [uuintergitalu]:   nu ic giuuinnan mag,
Verse: 726    that he [io] oƀar thesaro erðu   ald ni uuirðit,
Verse: 727    [hêr] undar thesum heriscepi."   Thô he sô hardo gibôd,
Verse: 728    Erodes oƀar is riki,   hêt thô is rinkos faran
Verse: 729    cuning thero liudio,   hêt that sie kinda sô filo
Verse: 730    thurh iro handmagen   hôƀdu binâmin,
Verse: 731    sô manag barn umbi Bethleem,   sô filo sô thar giboran uurði,
Verse: 732    an tuêm [gêrun] [atogan].   Tionon frumidon
Verse: 733    [thes] cuninges gisîðos.   Thô scolda thar sô manag kindisc man
Verse: 734    [sueltan] sundiono lôs.   Ni uuarð sið [noh] êr
Verse: 735    giâmarlîcara forgang   iungaro manno,
Verse: 736    armlîcara dôð.   Idisi uuiopun,
Verse: 737    môdar managa,   gisâhun iro megi spildian:
Verse: 738    ni mahte siu im [nio] giformon,   thoh siu mid iro faðmon tuêm
Verse: 739    iro êgan barn   armun bifengi,
Verse: 740    liof endi luttil,   thoh scolda is [simbla] that lîf [geƀan],
Verse: 741    the magu for theru môdar.   Mênes ni sâhun,
Verse: 742    uuîties thie uuamscaðon:   uuâpnes eggiun
Verse: 743    fremidun [firin]uuerc mikil.   Fellun managa
Verse: 744    maguiunge man.   Thia môdar uuiopun
Verse: 745    kindiungaro qualm.   Cara uuas an Bethleem,
Verse: 746    hofno hlûdost:   thoh man [im] iro herton an tuê
Verse: 747    sniði mid suerdu,   thoh ni mohta im gio sêrara dâd
Verse: 748    uuerðan an thesaro uueroldi,   uuîƀun managun,
Verse: 749    brûdiun an Bethleem:   gisâhun iro barn biforan,
Verse: 750    kindiunge man,   qualmu sueltan
Verse: 751    [blôdag] an iro barmun.   Thie banon uuîtnodun
Verse: 752    unsculdige scole:   ni biscriƀun    giouuiht
Verse: 753    thea man umbi mênuuerk:   uueldun mahtigna,
Verse: 754    Krist selƀon aquellian.   Than habde ina craftag god
Verse: 755    [gineridan] uuið iro nîðe,   that inan nahtes thanan
Verse: 756    an Aegypteo land   erlos [antlêddun],
Verse: 757    gumon mid Iosepe   an thana [grôneon] uuang,
Verse: 758    an erðono beztun,   thar ên aha fliutid,
Verse: 759    Nîlstrôm mikil   norð te sêuua,
Verse: 760    flôdo fagorosta.   Thar that friðubarn [godes]
Verse: 761    uuonoda an uuilleon,   antthat uurd fornam
Verse: 762    Erodes thana cuning,   that he forlêt eldeo barn,
Verse: 763    môdag manno drôm.   Thô scolda thero marca giuuald
Verse: 764    êgan is erƀiuuard:   the uuas Archelâus
Verse: 765    hêtan, heritogo   helmberandero:
Verse: 766    the scolda umbi Hierusalem   Iudeono folkes,
Verse: 767    uuerodes giuualdan.   Thô uuarð uuord cuman
Verse: 768    thar an Egypti   eðiliun manne,
Verse: 769    that [he] thar te Iosepe,   godes engil sprac,
Verse: 770    bodo drohtines,   hêt ina eft that barn thanan
Verse: 771    lêdien te lande.   "nu haƀað thit lioht [afgeƀen]", quað he,
Verse: 772    "Erodes [the] cuning;   he uuelde is âhtien giu,
Verse: 773    frêson is ferahas.   Nu maht thu [an] [friðu] lêdien
Verse: 774    that kind undar euua cunni,   nu the cuning ni liƀod,
Verse: 775    erl oƀarmôdig."   Al antkende
Verse: 776    Iosep godes têcan:   geriuuide ina sniumo
Verse: 777    the thegan mit thera thiornun,   thô sie thanan uueldun
Verse: 778    bêðiu mid thiu barnu:   lêstun thiu berhton giscapu,
Verse: 779    uualdandes uuillion,   al sô he im [êr] mid is uuordun gibôd.




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