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

And wǣron norð of ðām stāne āweaxene swīðe hrīmige bearwas, andand [there] were north from that stone growing very frosty groves and

ðǣr wǣron þȳstru genipu, and under þām stāne wæs nicra eardung andthere were dark mists and under that stone was serpents' dwelling and

wearga. And hē geseah þæt on ðām clife hangodon on ðām īsigean[of ] monsters. And he saw that on that cliff hung in the icy

bearwum manige swearte sāwla be heora handum gebundne, and þāgroves many dark spirits by their hands bound, and those

fȳnd þāra on nicra onlīcnesse heora* grīpende wǣron swā swā grǣdigenemies [of ] them in [of ] snakes' likeness them* gripping were just like [a] greedy

wulf.wolf.

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