Wulfstan, Sermo Lupi ad Anglos 6 — ed. not skaldic
Not published: do not cite (Wulfstan, Sermo Lupi ch. 6)
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& cristenes folces to fela man gesealde ut of þysan earde, nu ealle hwile, & eal þæt is Gode lað, gelyfe se þe wille. Eac we witan georne hwær seo yrmð gewearð & scandlic is to specenne þæt geworden is to wide. & egeslic is to witanne þæt oft doð to manege, þe dreogað þa yrmþe hwilum, þæt sceotað togædere & ane cwenan gemænum ceape bicgað gemæne & wið þa ane fylþe adreogað, an æfter anum & ælc æfter aðrum hundum geliccast þe for fylþe ne scrifað. & syððan wið weorðe syllað of lande feondum to gewealde Godes gesceafte -- & his agenne ceap þe He deore gebohte. Eac we witan georne hwær seo yrmð gewearð þæt fæder gesealde bearn wið weorþe, & bearn his modor, & broþor sealde oþerne fremdum to gewealde, & ut of ðisse þeode. Eal þæt syndan micle & egeslice dæda, understande se þe wille. & gyt hit is mare & eac mænigfealdre þæt dereð þysse þeode: mænige synd forsworene & swyþe forlogene & wed synd to brocene oft & gelome, & þætis gesyne on þysse þeode þæt us Godes yrre hetelice on sit, gecnewe se þe cunne.
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