TITUS
Heliand
Part No. 20
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Chapter: XX 
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Verse: 1691    Ne sculun gi ênigumu manne   unrehtes uuiht,
Verse: 1692    derƀies adêlean,   huuand the dôm eft cumid
Verse: 1693    oƀar thana selƀon man,   thar [it] im te sorgon scal,
Verse: 1694    uuerðan them te uuîtea,   the hîr mid is uuordun gesprikid
Verse: 1695    unreht ôðrum.   Neo that iuuuar ênig ne dua
Verse: 1696    gumono an thesom gardon   geldes ettho côpes,
Verse: 1697    that hi unreht gimet   ôðrumu manne
Verse: 1698    mênful maco,   huuand it simbla môtean scal
Verse: 1699    erlo gehuuilicomu,   [sulic sô he] it ôðrumu gedôd,
Verse: 1700    sô cumid it [im] eft tegegnes,   thar he gerno ne uuili
Verse: 1701    gesehan is sundeon.   Ôc scal ic iu seggean noh,
Verse: 1702    huuar gi iu uuardon sculun   [uuîteo] mêsta,
Verse: 1703    mênuuerc manag:   te huuî scalt thu ênigan man besprekan,
Verse: 1704    brôðar thînan,   that thu undar is brâhon gesehas
Verse: 1705    halm an is ôgon,   endi gehuggean ni uuili
Verse: 1706    thana suâran balcon,   the thu an thînoro siuni haƀas,
Verse: 1707    hard [trio] endi heƀig.   Lât thi that an thînan hugi fallan,
Verse: 1708    huuô thu thana êrist alôseas:   than skînid thi lioht beforan,
Verse: 1709    ôgun uuerðad [thi] geoponot;   than maht thu aftar thiu
Verse: 1710    suâses mannes gesiun   sîðor gebôtean,
Verse: 1711    gehêlean an is hôƀde.   Sô mag that [an] is hugi mêra
Verse: 1712    an thesoro middilgard   manno    gehuuilicumu,
Verse: 1713    uuesan an thesoro uueroldi,   that hi hîr uuammas geduot,
Verse: 1714    than hi [ahtogea]   ôðres mannes
Verse: 1715    saca endi sundea,   endi haƀad im selƀo mêr
Verse: 1716    firinuuerco gefrumid.   Ef he uuili is fruma lêstean,
Verse: 1717    than scal hi ina selƀon êr   sundeono [atômean],
Verse: 1718    [lêðuuerco] lôson:   sîðor mag hi mid is lêrun uuerðan
Verse: 1719    heliðun te helpu,   sîðor hi ina hluttran uuêt,
Verse: 1720    sundeono sicoran.   Ne sculun gi suînum teforan
Verse: 1721    iuuua meregrîton macon   ettho mêðmo gestriuni,
Verse: 1722    hêlag halsmeni,   huuand siu it an horu spurnat,
Verse: 1723    [suluuiad an] sande:   ne uuitun sûƀreas geskêð,
Verse: 1724    [fagaroro fratoho].   Sulic sint hîr folc manag,
Verse: 1725    the iuuua hêlag uuord   hôrean ne uuillead,
Verse: 1726    fulgangan godes lêrun:   ne uuitun gôdes geskêð,
Verse: 1727    ac sind im [lâri] uuord   [leoƀoron] mikilu,
Verse: 1728    umbitharƀi thing,   thanna theotgodes
Verse: 1729    uuerc endi [uuilleo].   Ne sind sie uuirðige than,
Verse: 1730    that sie gehôrean iuuua hêlag uuord,   ef sie is ne uuillead an iro hugi thenkean,
Verse: 1731    ne lînon ne lêstean.   Them ni seggean [gi iuuuoro] lêron uuiht,
Verse: 1732    that gi [thea] sprâca godes   endi spel [managu]
Verse: 1733    ne [farleosan] an them liudiun,   [thea] thar ne [uuillean] gilôƀean tô,
Verse: 1734    uuâroro uuordo.   Ôc sculun gi iu uuardon filu
Verse: 1735    listiun undar thesun liudiun,   thar gi aftar thesumu lande farad,
Verse: 1736    that iu thea luggeon ne mugin   [lêron] besuîcan
Verse: 1737    ni mid uuordun ni mid uuercun.   Sie cumad an sulicom geuuâdeon te iu,
Verse: 1738    fagoron [fratohon]:   thoh hebbead sie fêcnan hugi:
Verse: 1739    thea mugun [gi] sân antkennean,   sô gi sie cuman [gesehad]:
Verse: 1740    sie sprecad uuîslîc uuord,   thoh iro uuerc ne dugin,
Verse: 1741    thero thegno gethâhti.   Huuand gi uuitun, that eo an thorniun ne sculun
   
Verse: 1742    uuînberi uuesan   eftha uuelon eouuiht,
Verse: 1743    fagororo fruhteo,   nec ôc fîgun ne lesad
Verse: 1744    heliðos an hiopon.   That mugun gi undarhuggean uuel,
Verse: 1745    that eo the uƀilo bôm,   thar he an erðu stâd,
Verse: 1746    gôden uuastum ne giƀid,   nec it [ôc] god ni gescôp,
Verse: 1747    that the gôdo bôm   gumono barnun
Verse: 1748    bâri bittres uuiht,   ac cumid fan alloro bâmo gehuilicumu
Verse: 1749    sulic uuastom te thesero uueroldi,   sô im fan is uurteon gedregid,
Verse: 1750    ettha berht ettha bittar.   [That] mênid thoh breosthugi,
Verse: 1751    managoro môdseƀon   manno cunnies,
Verse: 1752    huuô alloro erlo gehuilic   ôgit selƀo,
Verse: 1753    meldod mid is mûðu,   huilican he môd haƀad,
Verse: 1754    hugi umbi is herte:   thes ni mag he farhelan eouuiht,
Verse: 1755    ac [cumad] fan them uƀilan man   [inuuid]râdos,
Verse: 1756    [bittara] balusprâca,   sulic sô hi an is breostun haƀad
Verse: 1757    geheftid umbi is herte:   simbla is hugi cûðid,
Verse: 1758    is uuilleon mid is uuordun,   endi [farad] is uuerc aftar thiu.

Verse: 1759    Sô [cumad] fan themu gôdan manne   glau anduuordi,
Verse: 1760    uuîslîc [fan] is geuuittea,   that hi simbla mid is uuordu gesprikid,
Verse: 1761    man mid is mîðu   sulic, sô he an is môde haƀad
Verse: 1762    hord umbi is herte.   Thanan cumad thea hêlagan lêra,
Verse: 1763    suuîðo uunsam uuord,   endi sculun is uuerc aftar thiu
Verse: 1764    [theodu] gethîhan,   thegnun managun
Verse: 1765    uuerðan te uuilleon,   al sô it uualdand self
Verse: 1766    gôdun mannun fargiƀid,   god alomahtig,
Verse: 1767    himilisc hêrro,   huand sie âno is helpa ni mugun
Verse: 1768    ne mid uuordun ne mid uuercun   uuiht athengean
Verse: 1769    gôdes an thesun gardun.   Bethiu sculun gumono barn
Verse: 1770    an is ênes craft   alle gilôƀean.




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