mimorian 02
ic eom for min synnum unrótsige
and mid sóðre dǽdbóte -
on mycelre geþræstnesse
ic fundiġe for frēode mid héo.
mec alynnan of sorge.
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to se rǣdere ...
TO THE READER …
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unandgittolan forslāwiende mancynn
hit eáþe to gehyrwan þám hwa
ġereceniġen hie to slāwan ond
nytenan - ne cnǣwst.
INCAPABLE OF DISCERNMENT,
MODERN MEN AND WOMEN
FIND IT EASY TO MOCK AND DEGRADE THOSE
WHO CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THEY
ARE TOO LAZY TO UNDERSTAND.
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swá manncynn hās miclum ðþfeallenu
þæt menn ond wifman - buton seldnum
- uppan gehæplicnesse - to þone
mōdstaþol of ōþer unæþele ġelīciaþ
- swā forwlenċende hīe in hira āgen
ierran ongytenesse.
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miht ðú þin ofermódigness ongitan ?
hwæðer ðú áuht ðé deórwyrþre habbe
ðonne ðin ungelærednesse ?
WOULD YOU KNOW THE EXTENT OF YOUR PRIDE ?
WHETHER THERE EXISTS, FOR YOU,
ANYTHING MORE PRECIOUS
THAN YOUR OWN IGNORANT OPINION ?
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hwæþer fram mildheortnesse
geoþfeallen ?
WHETHER FROM COMPASSION,
YOU HAVE PARTED COMPANY ?
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ungerád lēoda ne ġecnāwaþ mec.
for þisum þingum
ic þas epistol sette þæt ys.
þū ġe·rǣdeþ mīn wordum,
to fordēmenne arod -
behyġe nu
- gif þu bist þeáwfæstan -
þone hæftlinges līf
ðū wolde forslēanne.
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YOU WHO READ MY WORDS
WHICH WILL LEAVE YOU
SO READY TO CONDEMN -
CONSIDER NOW
- IF YOU POSSESS THE MORAL VIRTUE -
THE LIFE
THAT YOU WOULD DESPISE.
þunresdæġ, 15 ƿeodmonað, 2024
