uiiii. kl̅ mai. nat̄l̄ sci̅ georgí martyris.
Gedwol-men awriton ge-dwyld on heora bocvm . 001
be ðam halgan were ðe is gehaten georius .
Nu wille we eow secgan þæt soð is be ðam . 003
þæt heora gedwyld ne derige digellice ænigum .
Se halga georius wæs on hæþenum dagum 005
rice ealdor-man . under ðam reþan casere
þe wæs datianus geciged . on ðære scire cappadocia .
Þa het datianus ða hæðenan ge-gaderian 008
to his deofol-gildum his drihtne on teonan .
and mid manegum ðeowracum þæt mancynn geegsode .
þæt hi heora lac ge-offrodon þam leasum godum mid him .
Þa geseah se halga wer þæra hæðenra gedwyld 012
hu hi ðam deoflum onsægdon and heora drihten forsawon .
ða aspende he his feoh unforh (sic) on ælmyssum
hafen-leasum mannum þam hælende to lofe .
and wearð þurh crist gebyld . and cwæð to ðam casere .
Omnes dii gentium demonia . dominus autē caelos fecit . 017
Ealle þæra hæðenra godas synd gramlice deofla . 018
and ure drihten soðlice geworhte heofonas .
Þine godas casere syndon gyldene . and sylfrene . 020
stænene . and treowene . getreow-leasera manna hand-ge-weorc .
and gé him weardas settað þe hí bewaciað wið þeofas .
Hwæt þa datianus deofollice geyrsode 023
ongean ðone halgan wer . and het hine secgan
of hwilcere byrig he wære . oððe hwæt his nama wære .
Þa andwyrde georius ðam arleasan and cwæð . 026
Ic eom soðlice cristen and ic criste þeowige . 027
Georius ic eom gehaten . and ic hæbbe ealdor-dom 028
on minum earde . ðe is gehaten cappadocia .
and me bet licað to forlætenne nu
þisne hwilwendlican wurðmynt . and þæs wuldor-fullan godes
cyne-dome gehyrsumian on haligre drohtnunge .
Þa cwæð datianus . þu dwelast geori . 033
genealæc nu ærest and geoffra þine lac
þam unofer-swiðendum (sic) apolline . seðe soþlice mæg
þinre nytennysse gemiltsian . and to his manrædene gebigan .
Georius þa befran þone feondlican casere . 037
hwæðer is to lufigenne . oððe hwam lac to offrigenne .
ðam hælende criste ealra woruldra alysend?
oþþe apolline ealra deofla ealdre .
Hwæt ða datianus mid deofollicum graman 041
het ðone halgan wer on hencgene ahæbban .
and mid isenum clawum clifrian his lima .
and ontendan blysan æt bam his sidum .
het hine þa siððan of ðære ceastre alædan
and mid swinglum þreagen [sic @ Skeat] and mid sealte gnidan .
ac se halga wer wunode unge-derod .
Þa het se casere hine on cwearterne don . 048
and het geaxian ofer eall sumne æltæwne dry .
Þa ge-axode þæt athanasius se dry . 050
and com to ðam casere . and hine caflice befrán .
hwi hete ðu me feccan þus færlice to þe?
Datianus andwyrde athanasie ðus . 053
Miht þu adwæscan þæra cristenra drycræft . 054
Þa andwyrde se dry . datiane ðus . 055
Hat cuman to me þone cristenan mann . 056
and beo ic scyldig gif ic his scyncræft ne mæg
mid ealle adwæscan mid minum drycræfte .
Þa fægnode datianus þæt he funde swylcne dry . 059
and het of cwearterne lædan ðone godes cempan .
and cwæð to ðam halgan mid hetelicum mode .
For ðe geori ic begeat þisne dry . 062
oferswyð his drycræft oððe he þe oferswyðe .
oððe he fordó þe oððe þu fordo hine .
Georius ða beheold þone hæðenan dry . 065
and cwæð þæt he ge-sawe cristes gife on him .
Athanasius ða ardlice genam 067
ænne mycelne bollan . mid bealuwe afylled
and deoflum betæhte ðone drenc ealne .
and sealde him drincan ac hit him ne derode .
Þa cwæð eft se dry . Git ic dó an þincg . 071
and gif him þæt ne derað . Ic buge to criste .
He genam ða ane cuppan mid cwealm-berum drence . 073
and clypode swyðe to sweartum deoflum .
and to ðam fyrmestum deoflum . and to ðam ful strangum .
and on heora naman begol þone gramlican drenc .
sealde ða drincan þam drihtnes halgan .
ac him naht ne derode se deofollica wæta .
Ða geseah se dry þæt he him derian ne mihte . 079
and feol to his fotum fulluhtes biddende .
and se halga georius hine sona gefullode .
Hwæt ða datianus deoflice wearð gram . 082
and het geniman þone dry þe þær gelyfde on god .
and lædan of ðære byrig and beheafdian sona .
Eft on þam oþrum dæge het se arleasa casere 085
gebindan georium on anum bradum hweowle .
and twa scearpe swurd settan him to-geanes .
and swa up ateon and under-bæc sceofan .
Þa gebæd georius hine bealdlice to gode . 089
Deus in adiutorium meum intende domine ad adiuuandum me festina . 090
God beseoh ðu on minum fultume . drihten efst þu nu me to fultumigenne . 091
and he wearð þa gebroht mid þysum gebæde on þam hweowle .
Þa tyrndon þa hæðenan hetelice þæt hweowl . 093
ac hit sona tobærst and beah to eorðan .
and se halga wer wunode ungederod .
Datianus þa dreorig wearð on mode . 096
and swor ðurh ða sunnan . and ðurh ealle his godas
þæt he mid mislicum witum hine wolde fordón .
Ða cwæð se eadiga georius him to . 099
Þine ðeow-racan synd hwilwendlice . 100
ac ic ne forhtige for ðinum gebeote .
þu hæfst minne lichaman on ðinum anwealde .
ac ðu næfst swa þeah mine sawle . ac god .
Þa het se casere his cwelleras feccan 104
ænne ærene hwer . and hine ealne afyllan
mid weallendum leade . and lecgan georium
innon ðone hwær . þaða he hattost wæs .
Þa ahof se halga to heofonum his eagan . 108
his drihten biddende and bealdlice cweðende .
Ic gange into þe on mines drihtnes naman . 110
and ic hopige on drihten þæt he me ungederodne
of ðisum weallendum hwere wylle nu ahreddan .
þam is lof . and wuldor . geond ealle woruld .
And he bletsode þæt lead and læg him onuppan . 114
and þæt lead wearð acolod þurh godes mihte .
and georius sæt gesund on ðam hwere .
Ða cwæð se casere to þam cristes þegene . 117
Nast þu la geori þæt ure godas swincað mid þe . 118
and git hi synd geþyldige þæt hi þe miltsion .
Nu lære ic ðe swa swa leofne sunu . 120
þæt ðu þæra cristenra lare forlæte mid ealle .
and to minum ræde hraðe gebuge .
swa þæt ðu offrige þam arwurðan appolline .
and þu mycelne wurðmynt miht swa begitan .
Þa se halga martyr mid ðam halgan gaste afylled . 125
smearcode mid muðe and to ðam manfullan cwæð .
Us gedafenað to offrigenne þam undeadlicum gode . 127
Æfter ðisum bebead se ablenda datianus . 128
þæt mann his deadan godas deorwurðlice frætewode .
and þæt deofles templ mid deorwurðan seolfre .
and het þider lædan þone geleaffullan martyr .
wende þæt he wolde wurðian his godas .
and his lac geoffrian ðam lif-leasum godum .
Hwæt ða georius to eorðan abeah 134
þus biddende his drihten gebigendum cneowum .
Gehyr nu god ælmihtig þines ðeowan bene . 136
and þas earman anlicnyssa mid ealle fordo .
swa swa wex formylt for hatan fyre .
þæt menn ðe oncnawan and on ðe gelyfan .
þæt þu eart ana god ælmihtig scyppend .
Æfter ðisum gebede bærst ut of heofonum 141
swyðe færlic fyr . and forbernde þæt templ .
and ealle ða godas grundlunga suncon
into þære eorðan . and ne æteowdon siððan .
Eac swylce þa sacerdas suncon forð mid . 145
and sume ða hæðenan þe þær gehende [geheude @ Skeat] stodon .
and georius axode þone arleasan casere .
On hwilcum godum tihst þu us to gelyfenne? 148
Hu magon hi ahreddan ðe fram frecednyssum . 149
þonne hi ne mihton hi sylfe ahreddan .
Hwæt ða datianus gedihte þisne cwyde . 151
and het ðus acwellan þone godes cempan .
Nimað þisne scyldigan þe mid scincræfte 153
towende ure arwurðan godas mid ealle to duste .
and dragað hine niwelne his neb to eorðan
geond ealle ðas stræt and stænene wegas .
and ofsleað hine syþþan mid swurdes ecge .
Þa tugon þa hæðenan þone halgan wer 158
swa datianus him gediht hæfde .
oðþæt hi comon to ðære cwealm-stowe .
and se martyr bæd þæt he hine gebiddan moste .
to ðam ælmihtigan gode and his gast betæcan .
He þancode ða gode eallra his godnyssa . 163
þæt he hine gescylde wið þone swicolan deofol .
and him sige forgeaf þurh soðne geleafan .
He gebæd eac swylce for eall cristen folc . 166
and þæt god forgeafe þære eorðan renas .
for þan ðe se hæða þa hynde ða eorðan .
Æfter ðisum gebæde he bletsode hine sylfne . 169
and bæd his slagan þæt he hine sloge .
Mid þam ðe he acweald wæs . ða comon þyder sona 171
his agene land-leode geleofede on god .
and gelæhton his lic and læddan to þære byrig
þe he on ðrowode . and hine ðær bebyrigdon
mid mycelre arwurðnysse . þam ælmihtigan to lofe .
Þa asende [sona] drihten ren-scuras . 176
and þa eorðan gewæterode þe ær wæs for-burnen .
swa swa georius bæd ærðan þe he abuge to slege .
Hwæt ða datianus wearð færlice ofslagen 179
mid heofonlicum fyre . and his geferan samod
þa ða he hamwerd wæs mid his heah þegenum .
and he becom to helle ærðan þe to his huse .
and se halga georius siðode to criste .
mid ðam he á wunað on wuldre . Amen.