Wulfstan, Sermo Lupi ad Anglos 7

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Wulfstan, Sermo Lupi ch. 7

Wulfstan, Sermo Lupi ad Anglos 7 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Wulfstan, Sermo Lupi ch. 7)

Wulfstan Sermo Lupi ad Anglos

6 7 8

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And la! Hu mæg mare scamu þurh Godes yrre mannum gelimpan þonne us deð gelome for agenum gewyrhtum? Ðeh þræla wylc hlaforde æthleape & of Cristendom to wicinge weorþe, & hit æfter þam eft geweorþe þæt wæpngewrixl weorðe gemæne þegene & þræle: gif þræl þæne þegen fullice afyllen licge ægylde ealre his mægðe, &, gif se þegenþæne þræl þe he ær ahte fullice afylle, gylde þegengylde. Ful earhlice laga & scandlice, nydgyld þurh Godes yrre us syn gemæne; understande se þe cunne. & fela ungelimpa gelimpð þysse þeode oft & gelome: ne dohte hit nu lange inne ne ute. Ac wæs here & hete on gewelhwilcan ende, oft & gelome, & Engle nu lange eal sigelease & to swyþe geyrigde þurh Godes yrre. & flotmen swa strange þurh Godes þafunge, þæt oft ongefeohte anfeseð tyne, & twegen oft twentig, & hwilum læs hwilum ma, eal for urum synnum. & oft tyne oððe twelfe, ælc æfter oþrum, scendað to bysmore þæs þegenes cwenan & hwilum his dohtor oððe nydmagan, þær he on locað, þe læt hine sylfene rancne & ricne & genoh godne ær þæt gewurde. & oft þræl þæne þegen þe ær wæs his hlaford cnyt swyþe fæste & wyrcð him to þræle þurh Godes yrre. Wala þære yrmðe & wala þære woroldscame þe nu habbað Engle eal þurh Godes yrre. Oft twegen sæmæn, oððe þry hwilum, driwað þa drafe cristentra manna fram sæ to sæ -- ut þurh þas þeode, gewelede togædere, us eallum to woruldscame, gif we on eornost ænige cuþon ariht understandan. Ac eal ne þæne bysmor þe we oft þoliað, we gyldað mid weorðscype þam þe us scendað. We him gyldað singallice & hy us hynað dæghwamlice; hy hergað & hy bærnað, rypaþ & reafiað, & to scipe lædað. & la hwæt! Is ænig oðer on eallum þam gelimpum butan Godesyrre ofer þas þeode swutol & gesæne?

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