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Name: The Exeter Book — Guthlac A, B
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The Exeter Book — Guthlac A, B (1995)

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“The Exeter Book — Guthlac A, B”, published in 1995, is a work by | editor. It explores elements such as þeah.

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“ Hreþer innan born,
afysed on forðsið. Him færinga
940 adl in gewod. He on elne swa þeah
ungeblyged bad beorhtra gehata
bliþe in burgum. Wæs þam bancofan
æfter nihtglome neah geþrungen,
breosthord onboren. Wæs se bliþa gæst
945 fus on forðweg. Nolde fæder engla
in þisse wonsælgan worulde life
leahtra leasne longfyrst ofer þæt
wunian leton, þe him on weorcum her
on his dagena tid dædum gecwemde
950 elne unslawe. ða se ælmihtiga
let his hond cuman þær se halga þeow,
deormod on degle domeadig bad,
heard ond hygerof. Hyht wæs geniwad,
blis in breostum. ”

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“ Him se eadga wer ageaf ondsware,
leof mon leofum, þeah he late meahte,
1165 eorl ellenheard, oreþe gebredan:
"Min þæt swæse bearn, nis nu swiþe feor
þam ytemestan endedogor
nydgedales, þæt ðu þa nyhstan scealt
in woruldlife worda minra,
1170 næfre leana biloren, lare gehyran,
noht longe ofer þis. Læst ealle well
wære ond winescype, word þa wit spræcon,
leofast manna." "Næfre ic lufan sibbe,
þeoden, æt þearfe þine forlæte
1175 asanian!" "Beo þu on sið gearu,
siþþan lic ond leomu ond þes lifes gæst
asundrien somwist hyra
þurh feorggedal. ”

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“ Bi hwon scealt þu lifgan, þeah þu lond age?
Ne þec mon hider mose fedeð;
275 beoð þe hungor ond þurst hearde gewinnan,
gif þu gewitest swa wilde deor
ana from eþele. Nis þæt onginn wiht!
Geswic þisses setles! Ne mæg þec sellan ræd
mon gelæran þonne þeos mengu eall. ”

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“ Ne cunnon ge dryhten duguþe biddan,
480 ne mid eaðmedum are secan,
þeah þe eow alyfde lytle hwile,
þæt ge min onwald agan mosten;
ne ge þæt geþyldum þicgan woldan,
ac mec yrringa up gelæddon,
485 þæt ic of lyfte londa getimbru
geseon meahte. Wæs me swegles leoht
torht ontyned, þeah ic torn druge.
Setton me in edwit þæt ic eaðe forbær
rume regulas ond reþe mod
490 geongra monna in godes templum;
woldan þy gehyrwan haligra lof,
sohtun þa sæmran, ond þa sellan no
demdan æfter dædum. Ne beoð þa dyrne swa þeah. ”

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“ Deað ricsade
ofer foldbuend, þeah þe fela wære
gæsthaligra, þær hi godes willan
on mislicum monna gebihþum
875 æfter stedewonga stowum fremedon;
sume ær, sume sið, sume in urra
æfter tælmearce tida gemyndum
sigorlean sohtun. Us secgað bec
hu Guðlac wearð þurh godes willan
880 eadig on Engle. He him ece geceas
meaht ond mundbyrd. ”

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“ Ne mæg min lichoma wið þas lænan gesceaft
deað gedælan, ac he gedreosan sceal,
swa þeos eorðe eall þe ic her on stonde.
ðeah ge minne flæschoman fyres wylme
375 forgripen gromhydge gifran lege,
næfre ge mec of þissum wordum onwendað þendan mec min gewit gelæsteð.
þeah þe ge hine sarum forsæcen, ne motan ge mine sawle gretan,
ac ge on betran gebringað. Forðan ic gebidan wille
þæs þe me min dryhten demeð. Nis me þæs deaþes sorg.
380 ðeah min ban ond blod bu tu geweorþen
eorþan to eacan, min se eca dæl
in gefean fareð, þær he fægran
botles bruceð. ”

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| editor, The Exeter Book — Guthlac A, B (1995)

“ Swa ge weorðmyndu
in dolum dreame dryhtne gieldað.
465 Fela ge fore monnum miþað þæs þe ge in mode gehycgað;
ne beoð eowre dæda dyrne, þeah þe ge hy in dygle gefremme.
We þec in lyft gelæddun, oftugon þe londes wynna,
woldun þu þe sylfa gesawe þæt we þec soð onstældun.
Ealles þu þæs wite awunne; forþon þu hit onwendan ne meahtes. ”

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“ Wæs se bancofa
955 adle onæled, inbendum fæst,
lichord onlocen. Leomu hefegedon,
sarum gesohte. He þæt soð gecneow
þæt hine ælmihtig ufan neosade,
meotud fore miltsum. He his modsefan
960 wið þam færhagan fæste trymede
feonda gewinna. Næs he forht seþeah,
ne seo adlþracu egle on mode,
ne deaðgedal, ac him dryhtnes lof
born in breostum, brondhat lufu
965 sigorfæst in sefan, seo him sara gehwylc
symle forswiðde. Næs him sorgcearu
on þas lænan tid, þeah his lic ond gæst
hyra somwiste, sinhiwan tu,
deore gedælden. Dagas forð scridun,
970 nihthelma genipu. ”

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“ Hwilum wedende swa wilde deor
cirmdon on corðre, hwilum cyrdon eft
minne mansceaþan on mennisc hiw
910 breahtma mæste, hwilum brugdon eft
awyrgde wærlogan on wyrmes bleo,
earme adloman attre spiowdon.
Symle hy Guðlac gearene fundon,
þonces gleawne. He geþyldum bad,
915 þeah him feonda hloð feorhcwealm bude. ”

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“ Guðlac him ongean þingode, cwæð þæt hy gielpan ne þorftan
240 dædum wið dryhtnes meahtum. "þeah þe ge me deað gehaten,
mec wile wið þam niþum genergan se þe eowrum nydum wealdeð.
An is ælmihtig god, se mec mæg eaðe gescyldan ”

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