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The Paris Psalter: Psalm 132

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Efne hu glædlic bið      and god swylce,
þætte broður on an      begen hicgen,
þær hig ænne sculan      eard weardian.
Swa unguentum mæg      æðele wyrtcynn
5
heafde healdan      hrore stence,
mid þy Aaron his beard      oftast smyrede.
Seo niðer astah      on his reafæs fnæd
swa æþele deaw      on Hermone,
se ofer Sionbeorge      sneome astigeð.
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Forþon her bebead      halig drihten
lifes bletsunga      lange to feore
of þisson nu      awa to worulde.