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Wulfstan Sermo Lupi ad anglos quando Dani maxime persecuti sunt eos… (1010-1016)

Nis ēac nan wundor þēah ūs mislimpe, forþam wē witan ful georne þæt nū fela gēara men na ne rohtan foroft hwæt hȳ worhtan wordes oððe dæde, ac wearð þes þēodscipe, swā hit þincan mæg, swyþe forsyngod þurh mænigfealde synna and þurh fela misdæda: þurh morðdæda and þurh mandæda, þurh gitsunga and þurh gifernessa, þurh stala and þurh strudunga, þurh mannsylena and þurh hæþene unsida, þurh swicdomas and þurh searacræftas, þurh lahbrycas and þurh æswicas, þurh mægræsas and þurh manslyhtas, þurh hadbrycas and þurh æwbrycas, þurh siblegeru and þurh mistlīce forligru.
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Wulfstan Sermo Lupi ad anglos quando Dani maxime persecuti sunt eos… (1010-1016)

And þy is nū geworden wīde and side tō ful yfelan gewunan, þæt menn swyþor scamað nū for goddædan þonne for misdædan; forþam tō oft man mid hocere goddæda hyrweð and godfyrhte lehtreð ealles tō swyþe, and swyþost man tæleð and mid olle gegreteð ealles tō gelōme þā þe riht lufiað and Godes ege habbað be ænigum dæle.
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Wulfstan Sermo Lupi ad anglos quando Dani maxime persecuti sunt eos… (1010-1016)

Understandað ēac georne þæt dēofol þās þēode nū fela gēara dwelode tō swyþe, and þæt lȳtle getrēowþa wǣran mid mannum, þēah hȳ wel spǣcan, and unrihta tō fela rīcsode on lande; and næs ā fela manna þe smēade ymbe þā bōte swā georne swā man scolde, ac dæghwāmlīce man īhte yfel æfter ōðrum and unriht rǣrde and unlaga manege ealles tō wīde gynd ealle þās þēode.
And wē ēac forþam habbað fela byrsta and bysmara gebiden, and gif wē ænige bōte gebidan scylan, þonne mote wē þæs tō Gode earnian bet þonne wē ær þysan dydan.
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