Fenix

Fenix is deaþleas fugol in ealdum spellum; he is geedcenned in circulum oððe is elleswise eft geboren. Ðeah fenix is fugol in Creciscum folclare, onlic sind manigum leodena lar: swilc þing fint man on Ægytum and on Perseum. Mid þære Sunnan belimpeð fenix. He begieteð niw lif þan he riseþ of his agnum acxum. Sum spellum secgað ðe fenix steofaþ in deaþlege and bærnete.

Scop hæfþ gewriten leoþ:

“

ðone wudu weardaþ • wundrum fæger

fugel feþrum strong, • se is fenix haten.

þær se anhaga • eard bihealdeþ,

deormod drohtað; • næfre him deaþ sceþeð

on þam willwonge, • þenden woruld stondeþ.

Se sceal þære sunnan • sið behealdan

ond ongean cuman • godes condelle,

glædum gimme, • georne bewitigan,

hwonne up cyme • æþelast tungla

ofer yðmere • estan lixan,

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