To † Tournai, Bibliothèque de la Ville, 134

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Poem

f. 78v, bottom margin

1 Nu ƿe sceolon herıan heofonrıces ƿeard· 2 metodes mıhte ⁊ hıs mod|
geþanc· 3 ƿeorc ƿulder fæder sƿa he ƿundra gehƿæs〈·〉[1] 4 ece drıhten ær|
astealde· 5 He ærost sceop〈·〉[2] eorðan bearnū 6 heofon to hrofe· halıg|
drıhten· 7 þa mıddan eard mancynnes ƿeard 8 ece drıhten æfť teode·|
9 fırum foldan· frea ælmıhtıg·|

Notes

[1]gehƿæs〈·〉] Cavill 2000 places a point after this word; point uncertain in only surviving facsimile.

[2]sceop〈·〉] Point uncertain in only surviving facsimile; Cavill 2000 does not list a point after this form.