Wið Ymbe Nim Eorþan
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- Wið ymbe nim eorþan, oferweorp mid þinre swiþran
- handa under þinum swiþran fet, and cwet:
- Fo ic under fot, funde ic hit.
- Hwæt, eorðe mæg wið ealra wihta gehwilce
- and wið andan and wið æminde
- and wið þa micelan mannes tungan.
- And wiððon forweorp ofer greot, þonne hi swirman, and cweð:
- Sitte ge, sigewif, sigað to eorþan!
- Næfre ge wilde to wuda fleogan.
- Beo ge swa gemindige mines godes,
- swa bið manna gehwilc metes and eþeles.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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