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A Vision of Hell, from a sermon on Michaelmas Day (Sept 29).

And wron nor of m stne weaxene swe hrmige bearwas, and


and [there] were north from that stone growing very frosty groves and

r wron stru genipu, and under m stne ws nicra eardung and


there were dark mists and under that stone was serpents' dwelling and

wearga.

And h geseah t on m clife hangodon on m sigean


that on that cliff hung in the icy

[of ] monsters. And he saw

bearwum manige swearte swla be heora handum gebundne, and


groves many dark spirits by their hands bound, and those

fnd

ra on nicra onlcnesse heora* grpende wron sw sw grdig


were just like [a] greedy

enemies [of ] them in [of ] snakes' likeness them* gripping

wulf.
wolf. * gripian governs both the accusative and the genitive so its object may be in either case.

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