Monday, September 6, 2010

Eadburggebyrig Creation Myth

On angynne ða eall niw wæs and giet wæt.
Hit is fyrn sægen ‏þæt se Gamol Guma Fox
healp to saltienne middangeard to beonne.
Forðam reada foxas lufia‏‏þ to saltienne.
And ‏þæt micele geryne, anlipig bufan on widgil lyft-clut, wiste ‏þæt to soðe.
And ‏ða gomel fox saltiende wæs,
in undeop wætere ‏ða ongan he to spornanne up
micela clympran gyres ‏þe wæs growende in eard.
And his fet sealtiende hulpon to brecanne ‏þis niwe land.
And in ‏þis niwe land ‏þa feower windas
seowon ærest berecorn
and ærest hwætecorn.
And ‏þa þa Gamol Guma Fox saltiende wæs he leohtte ‏þa sunnan ‏þurh his tægl.
And he mette ‏þone monan and ealle steorras on heofonum.
To gearcigenne ‏þa worulde to ærest mancynnes cyme.
To aweccanne hie fram ‏þeostre
and in ‏þæt leoht...

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