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The Dream of the Rood - Classici Stranieri\nfæġere þurh forðġesceaft. Ne wæs ðǣr hūru fracodes ġealga,\nwǣdum ġeweorðode, wynnum scīnan,\nswǣtan on þā swīðran healfe. Eall iċ wæs mid sorgum ġedrēfed;\nbehēold hrēowċeariġ Hǣlendes trēow,\nāstyred of stefne mīnum. Ġenāman mē ðǣr strange fēondas,\nÞǣr iċ þā ne dorste ofer Dryhtnes word\nOnġyrede hine þā ġeong hæleð – þæt wæs God ælmihtiġ,\nstrang ond stīðmōd. Ġestāh hē on ġealgan hēanne,\nēaðmōd, elne myċle. Ġenāmon hīe þǣr ælmihtiġne God,\nmēðe æfter ðām miċlan ġewinne. Ongunnon him þā moldern wyrċan\nHwæðere wē ðǣr grēotende gōde hwīle\nBedealf ūs man on dēopan sēaþe; hwæðre mē þǣr Dryhtnes þeġnas,\nsārra sorga. Is nū sǣl cumen\nhlīfiġe under heofenum, ond iċ hǣlan mæġ\nHwæt, mē þā ġeweorðode wuldres Ealdor\nNū iċ þē hāte, hæleð mīn se lēofa,\nond Adomes ealdġewyrhtum.\non dōmdæġe Dryhten sylfa,\nNe mæġ þǣr ǣniġ unforht wesan\nAc hīe þonne forhtiað, ond fēa þenċaþ\nof eorðweġe ǣġhwylċ sāwl\nāfȳsed on forðweġe; feala ealra ġebād\nmyċel on mōde, ond mīn mundbyrd is\nwuniaþ on wuldre, ond iċ wēne mē\ndrēam on heofonum, þǣr is Dryhtnes folc\nse ðe hēr on eorþan ǣr þrōwode\nSe Sunu wæs sigorfæst on þām sīðfate,\nwunedon on wuldre þā heora Wealdend cwōm,