Religion
Almsgiving (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Wel bið þam eorle þe him on innan hafað,
reþehygdig wer, rume heortan;
þæt him biþ for worulde weorðmynda mæst,
ond for ussum dryhtne doma selast.
Efne swa he mid wætre þone weallendan
leg adwæsce, þæt he leng ne mæg
blac byrnende burgum sceððan,
swa he mid ælmessan ealle toscufeð
synna wunde, sawla lacnað.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Almsgiving (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/135/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Almsgiving (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/135/.
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