Sealm 21 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm XX (21) 1 Drihten, on ðinum mægene nu blissað ure kyning, and for þinre hælo he fægnað swiðe swiðlice. 2 For ðæm þu him sealdest his modes willan, and þæs þe he mid his weolorum wilnade, þæs þu him ne forwyrndest. 3 Mid þære swetnesse þinra bletsunga þu wære hrædra to his fultume þonne he wende: þu sendest on his heafod kynegold mid deorwyrþum gimmum astæned. 4 He þe bæd langes lifes, and þu hit him sealdest a worlda world. 5 Swiðe micel is his wuldor [Line 2 missing] 6-13 [Missing folio of manuscript] |
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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