Sealm 133 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 132 1 Efne hu glædlic bið and gōd swylce, þætte broður on an begen hicgen, þær hig ænne sculan eard weardian. 2 Swa unguentum mæg æðele wyrtcynn heafde healdan hrore stence, mid þy Aaron his beard oftast smyrede. Seo niðer astah on his reafæs fnæd 3 swa æþele deaw on Hermone, se ofer Sionbeorge sneome astigeð. For þon her bebead halig Drihten lifes bletsunga lange to feore of þisson nu awa to worulde. |
The first 50 psalms are credited to King Alfred the Great and were written in c.890-899 AD, and the last 100 psalms were translated c.900-950 AD by an unknown poet.
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