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Nu sculon herigean heofonrices Weard,
Meotodes meahte on his modgeðanc,
weorc Wuldorfæder, swa he wundra
gehwæs,
ece Drihten, or
onstealde.
He ærest sceop eorþan bearnum
heofon to hrofe, halig Scyppend;
þa middangeard moncynnes Weard,
ece Drihten, æfter
teode
firum foldan, Frea ælmihtig.
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Now (we) should praise of the
kingdom of heaven the Warden,
Of the Creator the might, and his mind-thought
(purpose),
the work of the Gloryfather, just as he of wonders,
eternal Lord, created the beginning (of each).
He first created for the children of earth
Heaven as a roof, holy Shaper;
then Middle Earth mankind’s Warden,
eternal Lord, after created
for men the earth, Ruler almighty.
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