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Heliand
Part No. 60
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LX


Verse: 5039    Be thiu [nis] mannes bâg   [mikilun bitherƀi,]
Verse: 5040    [hagustaldes] hrôm:   ef imu thiu helpe godes
Verse: 5041    gesuîkid thurh is [sundeon,]   than is imu sân aftar thiu
Verse: 5042    breosthugi blôðora,   thoh he êr bihêt spreca,
Verse: 5043    hrômie    fan is [hildi]   endi fan is handcrafti,
Verse: 5044    the man fan is megine.   That uuarð thar an themu mâreon skîn,
Verse: 5045    thegno bezton,   thô imu is thiodanes gisuêk
Verse: 5046    hêlag helpe.   Bethiu ni scoldi hrômien man
Verse: 5047    te suîðo fan imu selƀon,   huand imu thar suîkid oft
Verse: 5048    uuân endi uuilleo,   ef imu uualdand god,
Verse: 5049    hêr heƀenkuning   [herte] ni sterkit.

Verse: 5050    Than bêd allaro barno bezt,   bendi tholode
Verse: 5051    thurh mancunni.   Huurƀun ina managa umbi
Verse: 5052    [Iudeono] liudi,   sprâcun gelp mikil,
Verse: 5053    [habdun] ina te hosca,   thar he [giheftid] stôd,
Verse: 5054    tholode [mid] gethuldiun,   sô huat sô imu thiu [thiod] deda,
Verse: 5055    liudi lêðes.   Thô uuarð eft lioht cuman,
Verse: 5056    morgan te mannun.   Manag samnoda
Verse: 5057    heri Iudeono:   habdun im hugi uulƀo,
Verse: 5058    inuuid an innan.   Uuarð thar êosago
Verse: 5059    an morgantîd   manag gisamnod
Verse: 5060    irri endi ênhard,   inuuideas gern,
Verse: 5061    uurêðes uuillean.   Gengun im an [uuarf] samad
Verse: 5062    rinkos an rûna,   bigunnun im râdan thô,
Verse: 5063    huô sie [geuuîsadin]   mid uuârlôsun,
Verse: 5064    mannun [mêngeuuitun]   an mahtigna Crist
Verse: 5065    te giseggianne sundea   thurh is selƀes uuord,
Verse: 5066    that sie ina than te uunderquâlu   uuêgean môstin,
Verse: 5067    adêlien te dôđe.   Sie ni mahtun an themu dage finden
Verse: 5068    sô uurêð geuuitscepi,   that sie imu uuîti bethiu
Verse: 5069    adêlien [gidorstin]   eftha dôð frummien,
Verse: 5070    lîƀu bilôsien.   Thô quâmun thar [at laztan] forđ
Verse: 5071    an thena [uuarf] uuero   uuârlôse man
Verse: 5072    tuêne gangan   endi bigunnun im tellien an,
Verse: 5073    quâðun that sie ina selƀon   seggian gihôrdin,
Verse: 5074    that he [mahti] teuuerpen   thena uuîh godes,
Verse: 5075    allaro hûso hôhost   endi thurh is handmegin,
Verse: 5076    thurh is ênes craft   up arihtien
Verse: 5077    an thriddion daga,   sô is [elcor] ni thorfti    bethîhan man.

Verse: 5078    He thagoda endi tholoda:   ni sprak imu io thiu [thiod] sô filu,
Verse: 5079    thea liudi mid luginun,   that he it mid lêðun angegin
Verse: 5080    uuordun [uurâki].   Thô thar undar themu uuerode arês
Verse: 5081    baluhugdig man,   biscop thero liudio,
Verse: 5082    the furisto thes folkes   endi frâgode Krist
Verse: 5083    iac ina be imu selƀon bisuôr   suîðon êðun,
Verse: 5084    grôtte ina an godes namon   endi gerno bad,
Verse: 5085    that he im that gisagdi,   ef he sunu uuâri
Verse: 5086    thes libbiendies [godes]:   "thes thit lioht gescôp,
Verse: 5087    Krist cuning êuuig.   Uui ni mugun is [antkiennien] uuiht
Verse: 5088    ne an thînun uuordun ni an thînun uuerkun."   Thô sprak imu eft the uuâro angegin,
Verse: 5089    the gôdo godes sunu:   "thu quiðis it for thesun Iudeon nu,
Verse: 5090    sôðlîco segis,   that ik it selƀo bium.

Verse: 5091    Thes ni gilôƀiad mi these liudi:   ni uuilliad mi forlâtan bethiu;
Verse: 5092    ni sind im [mîn] uuord uuirðig.   Nu seggiu ik iu te uuârun thoh,
Verse: 5093    that gi noh sculun sittien gisehan   an [the] suîðaron half godes
Verse: 5094    mârean mannes sunu,   an megincrafte
Verse: 5095    thes alouualden fader,   endi thanan eft kuman
Verse: 5096    an himiluuolcnun herod   endi allumu heliðo cunnie
Verse: 5097    mid is uuordun adêlien,   al sô iro geuurhti sind."
Verse: 5098    Tho balg ina [the] biscop,   habde bittren hugi,
Verse: 5099    uurêðida [uuið] themu [uuorde]   endi is giuuâdi slêt,
Verse: 5100    brak for is breostun:   "nu ni thurƀun gi bîdan leng", quað he,
Verse: 5101    "thit uuerod geuuitscepies,   nu im [sulic] uuord farad,
Verse: 5102    mênsprâca fan is mûðe.   That gihôrid [hêr nu] manno filu,
Verse: 5103    rinko an thesumu rakude,   that he ina sô rîkean telit,
Verse: 5104    gihid that he god sî.   Huat uuilliad gi Iudeon thes
Verse: 5105    adêlien te dôme?   Is he dôðes [nu]
Verse: 5106    uuirðig be sulicun uuordun?"


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