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Þu þæt cwædeYou said it
Ic geseah mines folces geswinc on Egypta lande, and heora hream ic gehyrdeI saw the toil of my people in Egypt, and I heard their outcry
Þa gebundon hie hineThen they bound him
Þa het se cyning hie sittan, and hie swa dydonThen the king ordered them (!her) to sit, and they did so
Samuhel ða ferde be Godes hæse to BethleemSamuel then travelled to Bethlehem at God's command
Þa he swilce ungewitt gehyrde, he wearð sarig on his modeWhen he heard such nonsense, he became sorrowful at heart
Ic seo þone cyningI see the king
Dægtidum ic oft spæte sperebroganAt daytime I often spit out the terror of spears
Ða clypode se cyning mid micelre stemne: "Mære is se god þe Daniel on belyfð"Then the king called out with a loud voice, "Great is the god in whom Daniel believes"
Seo dene wæs deop and widThe valley was deep and wide
Lof sceolde he drihtnes wyrceanHe ought to have praised the Lord (lit. wrought the Lord's praise)
Beo ge underðiodde eowrum ieldrum magumBe subservient to your elder kinsmen