Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle
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Thes Jovis is arwurthost
ealra thæra goda, The tha hæthenan hæfdon on heora gedwilde, and he hatte Thor betwux sumum theodum; thone tha Deniscan leode lufiath swithost. ... Sum man was gehaten Mercurius on life, he was swithe facenful and swicol on dedum, and lufode eac stala and leasbrednysse; thone macodon tha hæthenan him to mæran gode, and æt wega gelætum him lac offrodon, and to heagum beorgum him on brohton onsegdnysse. Thes god was arwurthra betwux eallum hæthenum, and he is Othon gehaten othrum naman on Denisc. This Jove is most worshipped of all the gods that the heathens had in their delusion; |
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