Religion
Metrical Epilogue to MS 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. E. V. K. Dobbie, vol. VI (1942)
Bidde ic eac æghwylcne mann,
brego, rices weard, þe þas boc ræde
and þa bredu befo, fira aldor,
þæt gefyrðrige þone writre wynsum cræfte
þe ðas boc awrat bam handum twam,
þæt he mote manega gyt mundum synum
geendigan, his aldre to willan,
and him þæs geunne se ðe ah ealles geweald,
rodera waldend, þæt he on riht mote
oð his daga ende drihten herigan.
Amen. Geweorþe þæt.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Metrical Epilogue to MS 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/206/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Metrical Epilogue to MS 41, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/206/.
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