Mec
gesette soð sigora waldend
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The culminant lord of victories, Christ,
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Crist to compe. Oft ic cwice
bærne,
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Created me for battle. Often
I burn
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unrimu cyn eorþan getenge,
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Countless living creatures on middle-earth,
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næte mid niþe, swa
ic him no hrine,
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Treat them to terror though I touch them
not,
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þonne mec min frea feohtan
hateþ.
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When my lord rouses me to wage war.
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Hwilum
ic monigra mod arete,
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Sometimes I lighten the minds of many,
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hwilum ic frefre þa ic ær
winne on
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Sometimes I comfort those I fought fiercely
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feorran swiþe-- hi þæs
felað þeah,
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Before. They feel
this high blessing
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swylce þæs oþres,
þonne ic eft hyra
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As they felt that burning, when over the
surge
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ofer deop gedreag drohtað
bete.
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And sorrow, I again grace their going.
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