The woes were those that could not be learned from the great wheel, and those who acted strongly in opposition, in the stream of the world, still remembering the high renown, and striving to rise. And she deemed it neces…
Another of the king's wise men and elder had given heed, and to that speech he seized upon and thus spoke: "This is seen by me, O king, this present life of men on earth to be a vast wonder at the time which is unknown t…
Do you see, king, what this teaching is that has been proclaimed to us now? I truly confess to you that I have knowingly sung that the holy faith, which we had and prayed for up to this point, bears no benefit of might a…
When the king heard these words, he answered him and said that he would anywhere accept the faith which he had been taught. He said however, that he would speak with his friends and with his wise men and promised that if…
Her King Ecgbryht passed away, and he had previously been defeated by King Offa of the Mercians and King Beorhtric of the West Saxons three years before in the lands of the Angles in Froncland, before he became king.
And with Ecgbryht, king of the West Saxons, they were striving. When he heard this, he marched forth with an army and fought against him at Hengestdune and there expelled both the Welsh and the Danes. "Here King Ecgbryht…
He was gentle to the good men who loved God and very stern to those men who opposed his will. In the same place that God granted him to go to England, he raised a great monastery and established monks there, and it flour…
He left behind three sons. Rodbeard was named the eldest, who was a earl in Normandy after him. The second was named William, who bore the crown into England after him. The third was named Heinrich, of whom his father sp…
A sorrowful thing he did, and more sorrowful came upon him. How more sorrowful? It befell him, and that it strangled him harshly. What may I tell? The sharp death, which does not spare neither rich men nor lowly ones, ta…
17] God saw the devil, and the devil was thus hidden from God's sight and his glory. [18] The earth is called God's footstool, and heaven is his throne. [19] Now stood the fiend like at God's footstool upon the earth, wh…
Job truly arose on the eighteenth day in the early morning and offered God sevenfold sacrifices for his seven sons, lest they might turn away from God in their thoughts. Thus did Job all his days for his sons, and they s…
And he received him in that monastery with his goods, and he joined the gathering of God’s servants; and he commanded him to learn both the holy rites and spells.