Text; Judith

The following is the extent text for Anglo-Saon poem Judith.

Lines 1-114
      tweode gifena in ðys ginnan grunde. Heo ðar ða gearwe funde mundbyrd æt ðam mæran þeodne,         þa heo ahte mæste þearfe, hyldo þæs hehstan deman,         þæt he hie wið þæs hehstan brogan

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gefriðode, frymða waldend. Hyre ðæs fæder on roderum torhtmod tiðe gefremede,         þe heo ahte trumne geleafan a to ðam ælmihtigan. Gefrægen ic ða Holofernus winhatan wyrcean georne         ond eallum wundrum þrymlic girwan up swæsendo. To ðam het se gumena baldor

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ealle ða yldestan ðegnas;         hie ðæt ofstum miclum ræfndon, rondwiggende,         comon to ðam rican þeodne feran, folces ræswan. þæt wæs þy feorðan dogore þæs ðe Iudith hyne,         gleaw on geðonce, ides ælfscinu,         ærest gesohte.

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Hie ða to ðam symle         sittan eodon, wlance to wingedrince,         ealle his weagesiðas, bealde byrnwiggende. þær wæron bollan steape boren æfter bencum gelome,         swylce eac bunan ond orcas fulle fletsittendum;         hie þæt fæge þegon,

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rofe rondwiggende,         þeah ðæs se rica ne wende, egesful eorla dryhten. ða wearð Holofernus, goldwine gumena,         on gytesalum, hloh ond hlydde,         hlynede ond dynede, þæt mihten fira bearn         feorran gehyran

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hu se stiðmoda         styrmde ond gylede, modig ond medugal,         manode geneahhe bencsittende         þæt hi gebærdon wel. Swa se inwidda         ofer ealne dæg dryhtguman sine         drencte mid wine,

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swiðmod sinces brytta,         oðþæt hie on swiman lagon, oferdrencte his duguðe ealle,         swylce hie wæron deaðe geslegene, agotene goda gehwylces. Swa het se gumena aldor fylgan fletsittendum,         oðþæt fira bearnum nealæhte niht seo þystre. Het ða niða geblonden

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þa eadigan mægð         ofstum fetigan to his bedreste         beagum gehlæste, hringum gehrodene. Hie hraðe fremedon, anbyhtscealcas,         swa him heora ealdor bebead, byrnwigena brego,         bearhtme stopon

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<p style="text-align: center;">to ðam gysterne,         þær hie Iudithðe fundon ferhðgleawe,         ond ða fromlice lindwiggende         lædan ongunnon þa torhtan mægð         to træfe þam hean, þær se rica hyne         reste on symbel

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<p style="text-align: center;">nihtes inne,         nergende lað, Holofernus. þær wæs eallgylden fleohnet fæger         ymbe þæs folctogan bed ahongen,         þæt se bealofulla mihte wlitan þurh,         wigena baldor,

<p style="text-align: center;">50

<p style="text-align: center;">on æghwylcne         þe ðær inne com hæleða bearna,         ond on hyne nænig monna cynnes,         nymðe se modiga hwæne niðe rofra         him þe near hete rinca to rune gegangan. Hie ða on reste gebrohton

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<p style="text-align: center;">snude ða snoteran idese;         eodon ða stercedferhðe, hæleð heora hearran cyðan         þæt wæs seo halige meowle gebroht on his burgetelde. þa wearð se brema on mode bliðe, burga ealdor,         þohte ða beorhtan idese mid widle ond mid womme besmitan. Ne wolde þæt wuldres dema

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<p style="text-align: center;">geðafian, þrymmes hyrde,         ac he him þæs ðinges gestyrde, dryhten, dugeða waldend. Gewat ða se deofulcunda, galferhð gumena ðreate bealofull his beddes neosan,         þær he sceolde his blæd forleosan ædre binnan anre nihte;         hæfde ða his ende gebidenne

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<p style="text-align: center;">on eorðan unswæslicne,         swylcne he ær æfter worhte, þearlmod ðeoden gumena,         þenden he on ðysse worulde wunode under wolcna hrofe. Gefeol ða wine swa druncen se rica on his reste middan,         swa he nyste ræda nanne on gewitlocan. Wiggend stopon

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<p style="text-align: center;">ut of ðam inne         ofstum miclum, weras winsade,         þe ðone wærlogan, laðne leodhatan,         læddon to bedde nehstan siðe. þa wæs nergendes þeowen þrymful,         þearle gemyndig

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<p style="text-align: center;">hu heo þone atolan         eaðost mihte ealdre benæman         ær se unsyfra, womfull, onwoce. Genam ða wundenlocc scyppendes mægð         scearpne mece, scurum heardne,         ond of sceaðe abræd

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<p style="text-align: center;">swiðran folme;         ongan ða swegles weard be naman nemnan,         nergend ealra woruldbuendra,         ond þæt word acwæð: "Ic ðe, frymða god         ond frofre gæst, bearn alwaldan,         biddan wylle

<p style="text-align: center;">85

<p style="text-align: center;">miltse þinre         me þearfendre, ðrynesse ðrym. þearle ys me nu ða heorte onhæted         ond hige geomor, swyðe mid sorgum gedrefed. Forgif me, swegles ealdor, sigor ond soðne geleafan,         þæt ic mid þys sweorde mote

<p style="text-align: center;">90

<p style="text-align: center;">geheawan þysne morðres bryttan;         geunne me minra gesynta, þearlmod þeoden gumena. Nahte ic þinre næfre miltse þon maran þearfe. Gewrec nu, mihtig dryhten, torhtmod tires brytta,         þæt me ys þus torne on mode, hate on hreðre minum."         Hi ða se hehsta dema

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<p style="text-align: center;">ædre mid elne onbryrde,         swa he deð anra gehwylcne herbuendra         þe hyne him to helpe seceð mid ræde ond mid rihte geleafan. þa wearð hyre rume on mode, haligre hyht geniwod;         genam ða þone hæðenan mannan fæste be feaxe sinum,         teah hyne folmum wið hyre weard

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<p style="text-align: center;">bysmerlice,         ond þone bealofullan listum alede,         laðne mannan, swa heo ðæs unlædan         eaðost mihte wel gewealdan. Sloh ða wundenlocc þone feondsceaðan         fagum mece,

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<p style="text-align: center;">heteþoncolne,         þæt heo healfne forcearf þone sweoran him,         þæt he on swiman læg, druncen ond dolhwund. Næs ða dead þa gyt, ealles orsawle;         sloh ða eornoste ides ellenrof         oðre siðe

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<p style="text-align: center;">þone hæðenan hund,         þæt him þæt heafod wand forð on ða flore. Læg se fula leap gesne beæftan,         gæst ellor hwearf under neowelne næs         ond ðær genyðerad wæs, susle gesæled         syððan æfre,

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 * 115
 * wyrmum bewunden,         witum gebunden,

hearde gehæfted         in hellebryne æfter hinsiðe. Ne ðearf he hopian no, þystrum forðylmed,         þæt he ðonan mote of ðam wyrmsele,         ac ðær wunian sceal
 * 120
 * awa to aldre         butan ende forð

in ðam heolstran ham,         hyhtwynna leas. Hæfde ða gefohten         foremærne blæd Iudith æt guðe,         swa hyre god uðe, swegles ealdor,         þe hyre sigores onleah.
 * 125
 * þa seo snotere mægð         snude gebrohte

þæs herewæðan         heafod swa blodig on ðam fætelse         þe hyre foregenga, blachleor ides,         hyra begea nest, ðeawum geðungen,         þyder on lædde,
 * 130
 * ond hit þa swa heolfrig         hyre on hond ageaf,

higeðoncolre,         ham to berenne, Iudith gingran sinre. Eodon ða gegnum þanonne þa idesa ba         ellenþriste, oðþæt hie becomon,         collenferhðe,
 * 135
 * eadhreðige mægð,         ut of ðam herige,

þæt hie sweotollice         geseon mihten þære wlitegan byrig         weallas blican, Bethuliam. Hie ða beahhrodene feðelaste         forð onettan,
 * 140
 * oð hie glædmode         gegan hæfdon

to ðam wealgate. Wiggend sæton, weras wæccende         wearde heoldon in ðam fæstenne,         swa ðam folce ær geomormodum         Iudith bebead,
 * 145
 * searoðoncol mægð,         þa heo on sið gewat,

ides ellenrof. Wæs ða eft cumen leof to leodum,         ond ða lungre het gleawhydig wif         gumena sumne of ðære ginnan byrig         hyre togeanes gan,
 * 150
 * ond hi ofostlice         in forlæton

þurh ðæs wealles geat,         ond þæt word acwæð to ðam sigefolce:         "Ic eow secgan mæg þoncwyrðe þing,         þæt ge ne þyrfen leng murnan on mode.         Eow ys metod bliðe,
 * 155
 * cyninga wuldor;         þæt gecyðed wearð

geond woruld wide,         þæt eow ys wuldorblæd torhtlic toweard         ond tir gifeðe þara læðða         þe ge lange drugon." þa wurdon bliðe         burhsittende,
 * 160
 * syððan hi gehyrdon         hu seo halige spræc

ofer heanne weall. Here wæs on lustum. Wið þæs fæstengeates         folc onette, weras wif somod,         wornum ond heapum, ðreatum ond ðrymmum         þrungon ond urnon
 * 165
 * ongean ða þeodnes mægð         þusendmælum,

ealde ge geonge. æghwylcum wearð men on ðære medobyrig         mod areted, syððan hie ongeaton         þæt wæs Iudith cumen eft to eðle,         ond ða ofostlice
 * 170
 * hie mid eaðmedum         in forleton.

þa seo gleawe het,         golde gefrætewod, hyre ðinenne         þancolmode þæs herewæðan         heafod onwriðan ond hyt to behðe         blodig ætywan
 * 175
 * þam burhleodum,         hu hyre æt beaduwe gespeow.

Spræc ða seo æðele         to eallum þam folce: "Her ge magon sweotole,         sigerofe hæleð, leoda ræswan,         on ðæs laðestan hæðenes heaðorinces         heafod starian,
 * 180
 * Holofernus         unlyfigendes,

þe us monna mæst         morðra gefremede, sarra sorga,         ond þæt swyðor gyt ycan wolde,         ac him ne uðe god lengran lifes,         þæt he mid læððum us
 * 185
 * eglan moste;         ic him ealdor oðþrong

þurh godes fultum. Nu ic gumena gehwæne þyssa burgleoda         biddan wylle, randwiggendra,         þæt ge recene eow fysan to gefeohte. Syððan frymða god,
 * 190
 * arfæst cyning,         eastan sende

leohtne leoman,         berað linde forð, bord for breostum         ond byrnhomas, scire helmas         in sceaðena gemong, fyllan folctogan         fagum sweordum,
 * 195
 * fæge frumgaras.         Fynd syndon eowere

gedemed to deaðe,         ond ge dom agon, tir æt tohtan,         swa eow getacnod hafað mihtig dryhten         þurh mine hand." þa wearð snelra werod         snude gegearewod,
 * 200
 * cenra to campe.         Stopon cynerofe

secgas ond gesiðas,         bæron sigeþufas, foron to gefeohte         forð on gerihte, hæleð under helmum,         of ðære haligan byrig on ðæt dægred sylf. Dynedan scildas,
 * 205
 * hlude hlummon.         þæs se hlanca gefeah

wulf in walde,         ond se wanna hrefn, wælgifre fugel. Wistan begen þæt him ða þeodguman         þohton tilian fylle on fægum;         ac him fleah on last
 * 210
 * earn ætes georn,         urigfeðera,

salowigpada         sang hildeleoð, hyrnednebba. Stopon heaðorincas, beornas to beadowe,         bordum beðeahte, hwealfum lindum,         þa ðe hwile ær
 * 215
 * elðeodigra         edwit þoledon,

hæðenra hosp. Him þæt hearde wearð æt ðam æscplegan         eallum forgolden, Assyrium,         syððan Ebreas under guðfanum         gegan hæfdon
 * 220
 * to ðam fyrdwicum.         Hie ða fromlice
 * to ðam fyrdwicum.         Hie ða fromlice

leton forð fleogan         flana scuras, hildenædran,         of hornbogan, strælas stedehearde;         styrmdon hlude grame guðfrecan,         garas sendon
 * 225
 * in heardra gemang.         Hæleð wæron yrre,

landbuende,         laðum cynne, stopon styrnmode,         stercedferhðe, wrehton unsofte         ealdgeniðlan medowerige;         mundum brugdon
 * 230
 * scealcas of sceaðum         scirmæled swyrd,
 * scealcas of sceaðum         scirmæled swyrd,

ecgum gecoste,         slogon eornoste Assiria         oretmæcgas, niðhycgende,         nanne ne sparedon þæs herefolces,         heanne ne ricne,
 * 235
 * cwicera manna         þe hie ofercuman mihton.

Swa ða magoþegnas         on ða morgentid ehton elðeoda         ealle þrage, oðþæt ongeaton         ða ðe grame wæron, ðæs herefolces         heafodweardas,
 * 240
 * þæt him swyrdgeswing         swiðlic eowdon

weras Ebrisce. Hie wordum þæt þam yldestan         ealdorþegnum cyðan eodon,         wrehton cumbolwigan ond him forhtlice         færspel bodedon,
 * 245
 * medowerigum         morgencollan,

atolne ecgplegan. þa ic ædre gefrægn slegefæge hæleð         slæpe tobredon ond wið þæs bealofullan         burgeteldes werigferhðe         hwearfum þringan,
 * 250
 * Holofernus.         Hogedon aninga

hyra hlaforde         hilde bodian, ærðon ðe him se egesa         on ufan sæte, mægen Ebrea. Mynton ealle þæt se beorna brego         ond seo beorhte mægð
 * 255
 * in ðam wlitegan træfe         wæron ætsomne,

Iudith seo æðele         ond se galmoda, egesfull ond afor. Næs ðeah eorla nan þe ðone wiggend         aweccan dorste oððe gecunnian         hu ðone cumbolwigan
 * 260
 * wið ða halgan mægð         hæfde geworden,

metodes meowlan. Mægen nealæhte, folc Ebrea,         fuhton þearle heardum heoruwæpnum,         hæfte guldon hyra fyrngeflitu,         fagum swyrdum,
 * 265
 * ealde æfðoncan;         Assyria wearð

on ðam dægeweorce         dom geswiðrod, bælc forbiged. Beornas stodon ymbe hyra þeodnes træf         þearle gebylde, sweorcendferhðe. Hi ða somod ealle
 * 270
 * ongunnon cohhetan,         cirman hlude

ond gristbitian,         gode orfeorme, mid toðon torn þoligende. þa wæs hyra tires æt ende, eades ond ellendæda. Hogedon þa eorlas aweccan hyra winedryhten;         him wiht ne speow.
 * 275
 * þa wearð sið ond late         sum to ðam arod

þara beadorinca,         þæt he in þæt burgeteld niðheard neðde,         swa hyne nyd fordraf. Funde ða on bedde         blacne licgan his goldgifan         gæstes gesne,
 * 280
 * lifes belidenne.         He þa lungre gefeoll

freorig to foldan,         ongan his feax teran, hreoh on mode,         ond his hrægl somod, ond þæt word acwæð         to ðam wiggendum þe ðær unrote         ute wæron:
 * 285
 * "Her ys geswutelod         ure sylfra forwyrd,

toweard getacnod         þæt þære tide ys mid niðum neah geðrungen,         þe we sculon nyde losian, somod æt sæcce forweorðan. Her lið sweorde geheawen, beheafdod healdend ure."         Hi ða hreowigmode
 * 290
 * wurpon hyra wæpen of dune,         gewitan him werigferhðe

on fleam sceacan. Him mon feaht on last, mægeneacen folc,         oð se mæsta dæl þæs heriges læg         hilde gesæged on ðam sigewonge,         sweordum geheawen,
 * 295
 * wulfum to willan         ond eac wælgifrum

fuglum to frofre. Flugon ða ðe lyfdon, laðra lindwerod.         Him on laste for sweot Ebrea         sigore geweorðod, dome gedyrsod;         him feng dryhten god
 * 300
 * fægre on fultum,         frea ælmihtig.

Hi ða fromlice         fagum swyrdum, hæleð higerofe,         herpað worhton þurh laðra gemong,         linde heowon, scildburh scæron. Sceotend wæron
 * 305
 * guðe gegremede,         guman Ebrisce;

þegnas on ða tid         þearle gelyste gargewinnes. þær on greot gefeoll se hyhsta dæl         heafodgerimes Assiria         ealdorduguðe,
 * 310
 * laðan cynnes.         Lythwon becom

cwicera to cyððe. Cirdon cynerofe, wiggend on wiðertrod,         wælscel on innan, reocende hræw. Rum wæs to nimanne londbuendum         on ðam laðestan,
 * 315
 * hyra ealdfeondum         unlyfigendum

heolfrig herereaf,         hyrsta scyne, bord ond bradswyrd,         brune helmas, dyre madmas. Hæfdon domlice on ðam folcstede         fynd oferwunnen
 * 320
 * eðelweardas,         ealdhettende

swyrdum aswefede. Hie on swaðe reston, þa ðe him to life         laðost wæron cwicera cynna. þa seo cneoris eall, mægða mærost,         anes monðes fyrst,
 * 325
 * wlanc, wundenlocc,         wagon ond læddon

to ðære beorhtan byrig,         Bethuliam, helmas ond hupseax,         hare byrnan, guðsceorp gumena         golde gefrætewod, mærra madma         þonne mon ænig
 * 330
 * asecgan mæge         searoþoncelra;

eal þæt ða ðeodguman         þrymme geeodon, cene under cumblum         on compwige þurh Iudithe         gleawe lare, mægð modigre. Hi to mede hyre
 * 335
 * of ðam siðfate         sylfre brohton,

eorlas æscrofe,         Holofernes sweord ond swatigne helm,         swylce eac side byrnan gerenode readum golde,         ond eal þæt se rinca baldor swiðmod sinces ahte         oððe sundoryrfes,
 * 340
 * beaga ond beorhtra maðma,         hi þæt þære beorhtan idese

ageafon gearoþoncolre. Ealles ðæs Iudith sægde wuldor weroda dryhtne,         þe hyre weorðmynde geaf, mærðe on moldan rice,         swylce eac mede on heofonum, sigorlean in swegles wuldre,         þæs þe heo ahte soðne geleafan
 * 345
 * to ðam ælmihtigan;         huru æt þam ende ne tweode

þæs leanes þe heo lange gyrnde. ðæs sy ðam leofan drihtne wuldor to widan aldre,         þe gesceop wind ond lyfte, roderas ond rume grundas,         swylce eac reðe streamas ond swegles dreamas,         ðurh his sylfes miltse.