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| Beon eower lendena ymbgyrde | Let your limbs be girt about |
| waldend þone godan | the good ruler ["ruler the good"] |
| Samuhel ða ferde be Godes hæse to Bethleem | Samuel then travelled to Bethlehem at God's command |
| Ic wat þæt he inc abolgen wyrð | I know that he will become angry with you |
| Þa wearð God þam werode wrað | Then God became angry with that host |
| Nan man hine ne cuðe gecnawan | No-one was able to recognize him |
| Þu wære mid Iosepe in Egyptolande | You were in Egypt with Joseph |
| He fremede swa and frean hierde | He did so and obeyed his lord |
| Æðelflæd wæs þæs cyninges dohtor | Æðelflæd was the king's daughter |
| On fyrbæðe wunodest, suslum beþrungen | You lived in a bath of fire, pressed about with torments |
| Hige sceal þe heardra | The mind must be the firmer |
| Þa he swilce ungewitt gehyrde, he wearð sarig on his mode | When he heard such nonsense, he became sorrowful at heart |