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Heliand
Part No. 5
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Chapter: V 
V


Verse: 339    Thô uuarð fon Rûmuburg   rîkes mannes
Verse: 340    oƀar alla thesa irminthiod   Octauiânas
Verse: 341    ban endi bodskepi   oƀar thea is brêdon giuuald
Verse: 342    cuman fon them kêsure   cuningo gihuilicun,
Verse: 343    hêmsitteandiun,   sô uuîdo sô is heritogon
Verse: 344    oƀar al that landskepi   [liudio] giuueldun.

Verse: 345    [Hiet man] that [alla] thea elilendiun man   iro ôðil    sôhtin,
Verse: 346    [heliðos] iro handmahal   angegen iro hêrron bodon,
Verse: 347    quâmi te them cnôsla gihue,   thanan he cunneas uuas,
Verse: 348    giboran fon them burgiun.   That gibod uuarð gilêstid
Verse: 349    oƀar thesa uuîdon uuerold.   Uuerod samnoda
Verse: 350    [te] allaro burgeo gihuuem.   Fôrun thea bodon oƀar all,
Verse: 351    thea fon them kêsura   cumana uuâ*run,
Verse: 352    bôkspâha uueros,   [endi] an brêf [scriƀun]
Verse: 353    [suîðo] niudlîco   namono [gihuilican],
Verse: 354    ia land ia liudi,   that im ni [mahti] [alettean] mann
Verse: 355    gumono sulica gambra,   sô [im] scolda geldan gihue
Verse: 356    heliðo fon is hôƀda.   Thô giuuêt im ôc [mid] is hîuuisca
Verse: 357    Ioseph the gôdo,   sô it god mahtig,
Verse: 358    uualdand uuelda:   sôhta im [thiu] [uuânamon] hêm,
Verse: 359    thea burg an Bethleem,   thar iro beiðero uuas,
Verse: 360    thes heliðes handmahal*   endi ôc thera hêlagun thiornun,
Verse: 361    Mariun thera gôdun.   Thar uuas thes mâreon stôl
Verse: 362    an êrdagun,   aðalcuninges,
Verse: 363    Dauides thes gôdon,   than [langa] the he thana druhtskepi thar,
Verse: 364    erl undar Ebreon   êgan môsta,
Verse: 365    haldan hôhgisetu.   [Sie] uuârun is hîuuiscas,
Verse: 366    cuman fon is cnôsla,   cunneas gôdes,
Verse: 367    bêðiu bi giburdiun.   Thar gifragn ic, that [sie thiu] berhtun giscapu,
Verse: 368    Mariun gimanodun   *endi maht godes,
Verse: 369    that iru an [them] sîða   [sunu] [ôdan] [uuarð],
Verse: 370    giboran an Bethleem   barno strangost,
Verse: 371    allaro cuningo craftigost:   cuman [uuarð] the mâreo,
Verse: 372    [mahtig] [an] manno lioht,   sô is [êr] managan dag
Verse: 373    biliði uuârun   endi [bôcno] filu
Verse: 374    giuuorðen an thesero uueroldi.   Thô uuas it all giuuârod sô,
Verse: 375    sô it êr spâha* man   gisprocan habdun,
Verse: 376    thurh huilic ôdmôdi   he thit erðrîki herod
Verse: 377    thurh is selƀes craft   sôkean uuelda,
Verse: 378    managaro mundboro.   Thô ina thiu môdar nam,
Verse: 379    biuuand ina mid [uuâdiu]   uuîƀo [scôniost],
   
Verse: 380    fagaron [fratahun],   endi ina mid [iro] folmon tuuêm
Verse: 381    legda lioƀlîco   luttilna man,
Verse: 382    that kind an êna [cribbiun],   thoh he habdi craft godes,
Verse: 383    manno drohtin.   Thar [sat] thiu môdar biforan,
Verse: 384    uuîf uuacogeandi,   uuar*doda selƀo,
Verse: 385    held that hêlaga barn:   ni uuas [ira] hugi tuuîfli,
Verse: 386    thera magað ira môdseƀo.   Thô uuarð [that] managun cûð
Verse: 387    oƀar thesa uuîdon uuerold,   [uuardos] antfundun,
Verse: 388    thea thar ehuscalcos   ûta uuârun,
Verse: 389    uueros an uuahtu,   uuiggeo [gômean],
Verse: 390    fehas aftar felda:   gisâhun finistri an tuuê
Verse: 391    telâtan an lufte,   endi quam lioht godes
Verse: 392    uuânum thurh thiu uuolcan   endi thea uuardos thar
Verse: 393    bifeng an them fel*da.   Sie [uurðun] an forhtun thô,
Verse: 394    thea [man] an ira môda:   gisâhun thar mahtigna
Verse: 395    godes engil cuman,   the im [tegegnes] sprac,
Verse: 396    hêt that im thea uuardos   uuiht ne antdrêdin
Verse: 397    lêðes fon [them] liohta:   "ic scal eu", [quað] [he], "lioƀara thing,
Verse: 398    [suîðo] uuârlîco   uuilleon seggean,
Verse: 399    cûðean craft mikil:   nu is Krist geboran
Verse: 400    an theser*o selƀun naht,   sâlig barn godes,
Verse: 401    an [thera] Dauides burg,   drohtin the gôdo.

Verse: 402    That is mendislo   manno cunneas,
Verse: 403    allaro firiho fruma.   Thar gi ina fîðan mugun,
Verse: 404    an [Bethlemaburg]   barno rîkiost:
Verse: 405    hebbiad that te [têcna],   that ic [eu] [gi]tellean mag
Verse: 406    uuârun uuordun,   that he thar biuundan ligid,
Verse: 407    that kind an ênera cribbiun,   thoh he sî cuning oƀar al
Verse: 408    erðun endi himiles   endi oƀar [eldeo barn],
Verse: 409    uueroldes uualdand".   Reht sô he thô that uuord gisprac,
Verse: 410    sô uuarð thar engilo te them ênun   unrîm cuman,
Verse: 411    hêlag heriskepi   fon heƀanuuanga,
Verse: 412    fagar folc godes,   endi filu sprâkun,
Verse: 413    lofuuord manag   liudeo hêrron.

Verse: 414    Afhôƀun thô [hêlagna] sang,   thô sie eft te heƀanuuanga
Verse: 415    uundun    thurh thiu uuolcan.   Thea uuardos hôrdun,
Verse: 416    huô thiu engilo craft   alomahtigna god
Verse: 417    suîðo [uuerðlîco]   uuordun loƀodun:
Verse: 418    "diuriða sî nu", quâðun sie,   "drohtine selƀun
Verse: 419    an them hôhoston   himilo rîkea
Verse: 420    endi friðu an erðu   firiho barnun,
Verse: 421    gôduuilligun gumun,   [them] [the] god antkennead
Verse: 422    thurh [hluttran] hugi."   Thea hirdios forstôdun,
Verse: 423    that sie mahtig thing   gimanod habda,
Verse: 424    [blîðlîc] [bod]skepi:   giuuitun im te Bethleem thanan
Verse: 425    nahtes sîðon;   uuas im niud mikil,
Verse: 426    that sie [selƀon] Krist   gisehan [môstin].




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