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.

10

Forþon her bebead         halig drihten
lifes bletsunga         lange to feore
of þisson nu         awa to worulde.