XXIV. THE PHCĒNIX. 16? yldu nē yrmðu, nē sē ęnga dēað, nē īīfes lyre, nē lāþes cyme, nē synn nē sacu, nē sārwracu,1 nē wǽdle gewin, nē welan onsŷn, [55] 5 nē sorg nē slǽp, nē swār leger, nē wintergeweorp, nē wedra gebregd hrēoh under heofonum,1 nē sē hearda forst calduin cylegicelum cnyseð ǽnigne. pǽr nē hægl nē hrīm hrēosað to foldan, [60] io nē windig wolcen, ne þǽr wæter fealleþ lyfte gebysgad; ac þǽr lagustrēamas, wundrum wrǽtlīce wyllan onspringað, fægrum flōdwylmum2 foldan lęccaþ, wæter wynsumu of þæs wuda midle, [65] 15 þā mōnþa gehwām of þǽre moldan tyrf brimcald brecað, bearo ealne geondfarað þrāgum þrymlīce: is þæt pēodnes gebod þætte twęlf sīþum þæt tīrfæste Içnd geondlāce laguflōda wynn. • [70] 20 Sindon þā bearwas blēdum geliqngne 8 wlitigum wæstmum : þǽr ne4 waniaðB ō hālge under heofonum holtes frætwe, nē feallað þǽr on foldan fealwe blōstman, wudubēama wlite; ac þǽr wrǽtlīce • [75] 25 on þām trēowum symle telgan gehladene, ofett ediiīwe in ealle tīd, on þām græswçnge grēne stondað, gehroden hyhtlīce Hāliges meahtum beorhtast bearwa. No gebrocen weorðeð [80] 30 holt on hiwe, þǽr sē hālga stęnc 1 MS., sar wracu. 2 MS., fold-; Grein. 8 MS., gahongene. 4 MS., no; Sweet. 6 MS., wunia^; Thorpe. | |||