Religion
Thureth (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. E. V. K. Dobbie, vol. VI (1942)
Ic eom halgungboc; healde hine dryhten
þe me fægere þus frætewum belegde.
þureð to þance þus het me wyrcean,
to loue and to wurðe, þam þe leoht gesceop.
Gemyndi is he mihta gehwylcre
þæs þe he on foldan gefremian mæg,
and him geþancie þeoda waldend
þæs þe he on gemynde madma manega
wyle gemearcian metode to lace;
and he sceal ece lean ealle findan
þæs þe he on foldan fremaþ to ryhte.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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MLA
Anonymous (Old English). “Thureth (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/200/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old English). “Thureth (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/200/.
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