The Gloria I

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Gloria.
Sy þe wuldor and lof         wide geopenod
geond ealle þeoda,         þanc and wylla,
mægen and mildse         and ealles modes lufu,
soðfæstra sib,         and ðines sylfes dom

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worulde gewlitegod,         swa ðu wealdan miht
eall eorðan mægen         and uplyfte,
wind and wolcna.         Wealdest eall on riht.
Patri et filio et spiritui sancto.
þu eart frofra fæder         and feorhhyrde,
lifes latteow,         leohtes wealdend,

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asyndrod fram synnum,         swa ðin sunu mære
þurh clæne gecynd,         cyning ofer ealle,
beald gebletsod,         boca lareow,
heah higefrofer         and halig gast.
Sicut erat in principio.
Swa wæs on fruman         frea mancynnes

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ealre worulde         wlite and frofer,
clæne and cræftig.         þu gecyddest þæt
þa ðu, ece god,         ana gewrohtest
þurh halige miht         heofonas and eorðan,
eardas and uplyft         and ealle þing.

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þu settest on foldan         swyðe feala cynna
and tosyndrodost hig         syððon on mænego;
þu gewrohtest, ece god,         ealle gesceafta
on syx dagum,         and on þone seofoðan þu gerestest.
þa wæs geforðad         þin fægere weorc,

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and ðu sunnandæg         sylf halgodest
and gemærsodest hine         manegum to helpe.
þone heahan dæg         healdað and freoðiaþ
ealle þa ðe cunnon         cristene þeawas,
halige heortlufan         and ðæs hehstan gebod;

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on drihtnes namon         se dæg is gewurðod.
Et nunc et semper.
And nu and symble         þine soðan weorc
and ðin mycele miht         manegum swytelað,
swa þine cræftas heo         cyðaþ wide
ofer ealle woruld;         ece standeþ

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godes handgeweorc,         groweð swa ðu hete.
Ealle þe heriað         halige dreamas
clænre stefne         and cristene bec,
eall middaneard,         and we men cweþað
on grunde her:         "Gode lof and ðanc,

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ece willa,         and ðin agen dom!"
Et is secula seculorum.
And on worulda woruld         wunað and rixað
cyning innan wuldre         and his þa gecorenan,
heahþrymnesse         haliges gastes,
wlitige englas         and wuldorgyfe,

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soðe sibbe,         sawla þancung,
modes miltse.         þær is seo mæste lufu;
haligdomes         heofonas syndon
þurh þine ecan word         æghwær fulle,
swa syndon þine mihta         ofer middangeard

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swutele and gesyne,         þæt ðu hy sylf worhtest.
Amen.
We þæt soðlice         secgað ealle:
þurh clæne gecynd         þu eart cyning on riht,
clæne and cræftig.         þu gecyddest þæt
þa ðu, mihtig god,         man geworhtest

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and him on dydest         oruð and sawul,
sealdest word and gewitt         and wæstma gecynd,
cyddest þine cræftas.         Swylc is Cristes miht!