Ælfric

Name: Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Passion of Saint Sebastian, Martyr
Author: Ælfric

Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Passion of Saint Sebastian…

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“Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Passion of Saint Sebastian, Martyr”, is a work by Ælfric. It explores elements such as ofer, Tranquillinus and ealle.

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Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Passion of Saint Sebastian…

“ Ne cys þu mine fet ·⁠301
ne þu me ne hrepa · forðan þe þu ne eart gyt gefullod ·
Þa þa se sunu  ge-seah · þa ge-sohte he þæs preostes fét ·⁠303
⁊ se fæder feoll to sebastianus fotū ·
bægen clypigende · crist is soð god ·
⁊ ælmihtig godes sunu · þe git þegnas gode bodiað ·
Þa ƿearð gefullod fæder · ⁊ sunu ·⁠307
mid heora inn-hyrede · ⁊ heora æhta mannū
ægðres hades menn · ma þonne an ðusend ·
þa cƿæð chromatius · se cristena þegn ·
 he eallum gemiltsode · þe him æfre abulgon ·
⁊ þam eallū forgeafe þe him aht sceoldon ·
⁊ gif he hƿæne berypte ·  he him  forgulde · ”

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“ Þu ƿurðast manega godas · ⁊ manega gydenan ·⁠227
butan þu hí aƿurpe · ealle fram þinre heortan ·
⁊ þone soðan god · þe ðé gesceop · oncnæƿst ·
ne miht ðu hæle habban · ne  heofonlice líf ·
ac læt ús nu secan þine sceandlican godas ·
⁊ to-brecon þa stænenan · ⁊ for-bernan þa treoƿenan ·
amyltan þa sylfrenan · ⁊ eac sƿilce ða gyldenan ·
dælan siððan ƿædligum · þa amoltenan ƿæcgas ·
Chromatius cƿæð ne cume ge to þam teonan ·⁠235
ac ic bebeode minū þeoƿum ·  hi hi ealle to-bryton · ”

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“ Þa hét sebastianus þone hæðenan þegn ·⁠121
 he þa hæftlingas · þe hé heold on þam cƿearterne
gebrohte to his spræce · ƿolde hi ge-bigan to criste ·
Ferde þa siððan · ⁊ ge-fette ænne mæsse-preost ·⁠124
policarpus gehaten · halig ƿær ⁊ snotor ·
 he þa nige-hƿyrfedan mid fulluhte aþƿoge ·
Þa ƿearð gefullod se fore-sæda nicostratus ·⁠127
mid his ƿife · Zoe · ⁊ þrym ⁊ ðrittigū mannū
þe him ǽr folgodon · ⁊ mid him gefullode ƿæron ·
Æfter þisum ƿearð gefullod þæra martyra fæder⁠130
tranquillinus mid blysse · ⁊ his gebedda martia ·
mid heora hiƿum · ⁊ heora suna ƿifum · ”

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Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Passion of Saint Sebastian…

“ Þa cƿæð tranquillinus · to chromatiæ þus ·⁠165
Þa godas þe ge ƿurðiað · ƿæron arlease menn ·⁠166
yfele geborene · ⁊ bysmor-fulle on life ·
mid facne afyllede · ⁊ forð-ferdon earmlice ·
Cƿyst þu lá  nære nan lyfigende god ·⁠169
ær þan ðe saturnus his suna abite ·
⁊ heora flæsc æte on þam Ig-lande créta ·
Eft his sunu Iouis · þe gé ƿurðiað for god ·⁠172
se ƿolde acƿellan his unclænan fæder ·
þe abát his gebroðra þa | hi geborene ƿæron ·
se iouis ƿæs afylled · mid fulre galnysse ·
⁊ nam his agene sƿystor · to his fulū synscype ·
sƿa sƿa ge rædað on eoƿrū gerecednyssum · ”

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Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Passion of Saint Sebastian…

“ Ðises lifes geƿilnung · ge-læt þa unstæððian⁠067
to manegū leahtrum · ⁊ to mislicum freced|nyssum
He cƿæð þa to þam magū · ðe þa martyras mis-tihton ·⁠069
Gif nu þas gebroðra · be eoƿrū benū gebugað ·⁠070
frā heora hælende to eoƿrū hæðenscype ·
ðonne beoð hí mid eoƿ on sceortere blysse ·
⁊ beon siððan ascyrede · sƿa  ge hí næfre ne geseoð [gcseoð @ Skeat] ·
buton on reðū ƿitū · on þam ƿidgyllan fyre ·
þær dracon ⁊ næddran · mid deofollicū toðum ·
þæra hæðenra breost · bitelice ceoƿað · ”

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Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Passion of Saint Sebastian…

“ Þa cƿæð se gerefa þe him sƿa reðe ƿæs ·⁠395
Eala ge ungesæligan · ⁊ soðlice earmingas ·⁠396
alecgað eoƿre ge-ƿit-leaste · ⁊ alysað eoƿ frā ƿitum ·
Þa gebroðra cƿædon ·  hi on cristes lufe⁠398
þa ƿæron gefæstnode · mid fulre blysse.
⁊ on sƿilcū estū ǽr næron on life ·
ƿiscton  hi moston sƿa ƿunian oð ende ·
Hi stodon þa stille on þam stocce gefæstnode⁠402
ofer dæg · ⁊ ofer niht · heora drihten herigende ·
Þa het fabianus mid fullū graman⁠404
 hi man begen ofstunge þær ðær hí on ge-bedum stodon ·
⁊ hi sƿa mid ƿuldre geƿendon to criste · ”

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