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On fyrbæðe wunodest, suslum beþrungenYou lived in a bath of fire, pressed about with torments
Ic wat þæt þu me gehyrstI know that you hear me
He nat hwæt him toweard biðHe does not know what he has coming to him (what they have coming to them)
Ic wat þæt us cymð se MæssiasI know that the Messiah will come to us
Ðes is min leofa sunu þe me wel licaðThis is my beloved son who pleases me
He geaf his dohtor Burgrede cyningeHe gave his daughter to King Burgred
Þu hine ongeate unweorðneYou saw him to be unworthy
waldend þone godanthe good ruler ["ruler the good"]
Þu scealt greot etan þine lifdagasYou will eat dirt [all] the days of your life
Þam gedonum andswarige eall chorHaving done those things, let the entire choir respond
Hie him on ðæt nebb spæton, forðon ðe he nyle giefan ðæt him God geafThey spat him (!them) on the nose, because he would not give what God had given him (them)
Þæt sweord acwellað þone lichaman, ac hit ne mæg þa sawle acwellanThe sword kills the body, but it cannot kill the soul