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Bede’s Death Song

By Bede
Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuiurthit
thoncsnotturra than him tharf sie
to ymbhycggannae aer his hiniongae
huaet his gastae godaes aeththa yflaes
aefter deothdaege doemid uueorthae.
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Bede’s Death Song

By Bede
About this Poet

St. Bede the Venerable, born sometime around 673 CE in Jarrow, England, was a poet, theologian, and historian. Bede is primarily known for Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum  (Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 731), which documents the conversion of Anglo-Saxon tribes to Christianity and popularized...

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