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176 XXIV. THE PB<ENIX.

wynmim geweaxen, þæs gewritu sęcgatS.

Ms he hinderweard nē hygegǽlsa,

swār nē swçngor swā sume fuglas, ts's]

þā þe late fiirh lyft lācað fiðnmi;
5 ac he is snel and swift and swīðe leoht,

wlitig and wynsum, wuldre gemearcad:

ice is sē æðeling, sē þe him ēad gifeð -!

ponne he gewīteð wçngas sēcan [32°]

his ealdne eard of 'pisse ēðeltyrf.
io Swā sē fugel flēogeð, foleum oðēaweS*

mçngūm mçnna " geond middangeard,

þonne sgmnað sūðan and norðan

ēastan and westan ēoredciestum, [325]

farað feorran and nēan folca þrŷðum,
15 þǽr hī scēawiað Scyppendes giefe

fægre on þām fugle, swā him æt fruman sętte

sigora Sōðcyning sēllīcran gecynd,

frætwe fægerran³ ofer fugla cyn. [33°]

ponne wundriað weras ofer eorðan
20 wlite and wæstma, and gewritum⁴ cŷðað,

naundum mearcia'S on mearmstāne

hwonne sē dæg and sēo tīd dryhtnm geēawe

frætwe flyhthwates. ponne fugla cynn • [335]

on healfa gehwām * hēapum þringað,
25 sīgað sīdwegum, songe lofiað,

mǽrað mōdigne meaglurn reordum

and swā þone hālgan. hringe beteldað

flyhte on lyfte: Fenix bið on middum [3*°]

þrēatum biþrungen. pēoda wlītað,

¹ MS., gefe«; Grein. - Thorpe, -ed.

⁸ MS., fægran; Thorpe. ' * MS., gewritu; Thorpe,

⁶ MS., gehwore; Thorpe, gehwone; Ettmiiller, gehwære; Sievers,



		176 XXIV. THE PB<ENIX. wynmim geweaxen, þæs gewritu sęcgatS. Ms he hinderweard nē hygegǽlsa, swār nē swçngor swā sume fuglas, ts's] þā þe late fiirh lyft lācað fiðnmi; 5 ac he is snel and swift and swīðe leoht, wlitig and wynsum, wuldre gemearcad: ice is sē æðeling, sē þe him ēad gifeð -! ponne he gewīteð wçngas sēcan [32°] his ealdne eard of 'pisse ēðeltyrf. io Swā sē fugel flēogeð, foleum oðēaweS* mçngūm mçnna " geond middangeard, þonne sgmnað sūðan and norðan ēastan and westan ēoredciestum, [325] farað feorran and nēan folca þrŷðum, 15 þǽr hī scēawiað Scyppendes giefe fægre on þām fugle, swā him æt fruman sętte sigora Sōðcyning sēllīcran gecynd, frætwe fægerran³ ofer fugla cyn. [33°] ponne wundriað weras ofer eorðan 20 wlite and wæstma, and gewritum⁴ cŷðað, naundum mearcia'S on mearmstāne hwonne sē dæg and sēo tīd dryhtnm geēawe frætwe flyhthwates. ponne fugla cynn • [335] on healfa gehwām * hēapum þringað, 25 sīgað sīdwegum, songe lofiað, mǽrað mōdigne meaglurn reordum and swā þone hālgan. hringe beteldað flyhte on lyfte: Fenix bið on middum [3°] þrēatum biþrungen. pēoda wlītað, ¹ MS., gefe«; Grein. - Thorpe, -ed. ⁸ MS., fægran; Thorpe. ' MS., gewritu; Thorpe, ⁶ MS., gehwore; Thorpe, gehwone; Ettmiiller, gehwære; Sievers,