Efne hu glædlic bið and god swylce,
þætte broður on an begen hicgen,
þær hig ænne sculan eard weardian.
Swa unguentum mæg æðele wyrtcynn
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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.