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Fitt 5
339 Thô uuarð fon Rûmuburg | rîkes mannes
340 ob=ar alla thesa irminthiod | Octauiânas
341 ban endi bodskepi | ob=ar thea is brêdon giuuald
342 cuman fon them kêsure | cuningo gihuilicun,
343 hêmsitteandiun, | sô uuîdo sô is heritogon
344 ob=ar al that landskepi | liudio giuueldun,
345 Hiet man that alla thea elilendiun man | iro ôðil sôhtin,
346 heliðos iro handmahal | angegen iro hêrron bodon,
347 quâmi te them cnôsla gihue, | thanan he cunneas uuas,
348 giboran fon them burgiun. | That gibod uuarð gilêstid
349 ob=ar thesa uuîdon uuerold. | Uuerod samnoda
350 te allaro burgeo gihuuem. | Fôrun thea bodon ob=ar all,
351 thea fon them kêsura | cumana uuârun,
352 bôkspâha uueros, | endi an brêf scrib=un
353 sulðo niudlîco | namono gihuilican,
354 ia land ia liudi, | that im ni mahti alettean mann
355 gumono sulica gambra, | sô im scolda geldan gihue
356 heliðo fon is hôb=da. | Thô giuuêt im ôc mid is hîuuisca
357 Ioseph the gôdo, | sô it god mahtig,
358 uualdand uuelda: | sôhta im thiu uuânamon hêm,
359 thea burg an Bethleem, | thar iro beiðero uuas,
360 thes heliðes handmahal | endi ôc thera hêlagun thiornun,
361 Mariun thera gôdun. | Thar uuas thes mâreon stôl
362 an êrdagun, | aðalcuninges,
363 Dauides thes gôdon, | than langa the he thana druhtskepi thar,
364 erl undar Ebreon | êgan môsta,
365 haldan hôhgisetu. | Sie uuârun is hîuuiscas,
366 cuman fon is cnôsla, | cunneas gôdes,
367 bêðiu bi giburdiun. | Thar gifragn ic, that sie thiu berhtun giscapu,
368 Mariun gimanodun | endi maht godes,
369 that iru an them sîða | sunu ôdan uuarð,
370 giboran an Bethleem | barno strangost,
371 allaro cuningo craftigost: | cuman uuarð the mâreo,
372 mahtig an manno lioht, | sô is êr managan dag
373 biliði uuârun | endi bôcno filu
374 giuuorðen an thesero uueroldi. | Thô uuas it all giuuârod sô,
375 sô it êr spâha man | gisprocan habdun,
376 thurh huilic ôdmôdi | he thit erðrîki herod
377 thurh is selb=es craft | sôkean uuelda,
378 managaro mundboro. | Thô ina thiu môdar nam,
379 biuuand ina mid uuadiu | uuîb=o scôniost,
380 fagaron fratahun, | endi ina mid iro folmon tuuêm
381 legda liob=lîco | luttilna man,
382 that kind an êna cribbiun, | thoh he habdi craft godes,
383 manno drohtin. | Thar sat thiu môdar biforan,
384 uuîf uuacogeandi, | uuardoda selb=o,
385 held that hêlaga barn: | ni uuas ira hugi tuuîfli,
386 thera magað ira môdseb=o. | Thô uuarð that managun cûð
387 ob=ar thesa uuîdon uuerold, | uuardos antfundun,
388 thea thar ehuscalcos | ûta uuârun,
389 uueros an uuahtu, | uuiggeo gômean,
390 fehas aftar felda: | gisâhun finistri an tuuê
391 telâtan an lufte, | endi quam lioht godes
392 uuânum thurh thiu uuolcan | endi thea uuardos thar
393 bifeng an them felda. | Sie uurðun an forhtun thô,
394 thea man an ira môda: | gisâhun thar mahtigna
395 godes engil cuman, | the im tegegnes sprac,
396 hêt that im thea uuardos | uuiht ne antdrêdin
397 lêðes fon them liohta: | `ic scal eu', quað he, `liob=ora thing,
398 suîðo uuârlîco | uuilleon seggean,
399 cûðean craft mikil: | nu is Krist geboran
400 an thesero selb=un naht, | sâlig barn godes,
401 an thera Dauides burg, | drohtin the gôdo.
402 That is mendislo | manno cunneas,
403 allaro firiho fruma. | Thar gi ina fîd=an mugun,
404 an Bethlemaburg | barno rîkiost:
405 hebbiad that te têcna, | that ic eu gitellean mag
406 uuârun uuordun, | that he thar biuundan ligid,
407 that kind an ênera cribbiun, | thoh he sî cuning ob=ar al
408 erðun endi himiles | endi ob=ar eldeo barn,
409 uueroldes uualdand'. | Reht sô he thô that uuord gisprac,
410 sô uuarð thar engilo te them ênun | unrîm cuman,
411 hêlag heriskepi | fon heb=anuuanga,
412 fagar folc godes, | endi filu sprâkun,
413 lofuuord manag | liudeo hêrron.
414 Afhôb=un thô hêlagna sang, | thô sie eft te heb=anuuanga
415 uundun thurh thiu uuolcan. | Thea uuardos hôrdun,
416 huô thiu engilo craft | alomahtigna god
417 suîðo uuerðlîco | uuordun lob=odun:
418 `diuriða sî nu', quâðun sie, | 'drohtine selb=un
419 an them hôhoston | himilo rîkea
420 endi friðu an erðu | firiho barnun,
421 gôduuilligun gumun, | them the god antkennead
422 thurh hluttran hugi.' | Thea hirdios forstôdun,
423 that sie mahtig thing | gimanod habda,
424 blîðlîc bodskepi: | giuuitun im te Bethleem thanan
425 nahtes sîðon; | uuas im niud mikil,
426 that sie selb=on Krist | gisehan môstin.
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