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The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry


Resignation
Verse Indeterminate Saxon


Age mec se ælmihta god,     
helpe min se halga dryhten!      þu gesceope heofon ond eorþan
ond wundor eall,      min wundorcyning,
þe þær on sindon,      ece dryhten,

5

micel ond manigfeald.      Ic þe, mære god,
mine sawle bebeode      ond mines sylfes lic,
ond min word ond min weorc,      witig dryhten,
ond eal min leoþo,      leohtes hyrde,
ond þa manigfealdan      mine geþohtas.

10

Getacna me,      tungla hyrde,
þær selast sy      sawle minre
to gemearcenne      meotudes willan,
þæt ic þe geþeo      þinga gehwylce,
ond on me sylfum,      soðfæst cyning,

15

ræd arære.      Regnþeof ne læt
on sceade sceþþan,      þeah þe ic scyppendum
wuldorcyninge      waccor hyrde,
ricum dryhtne,      þonne min ræd wære.
Forgif me to lisse,      lifgende god,

20

bitre bealodæde.      Ic þa bote gemon,
cyninga wuldor,      cume to, gif ic mot.
Forgif þu me, min frea,      fierst ond ondgiet
ond geþyld ond gemynd      þinga gehwylces
þara þu me, soþfæst cyning,      sendan wylle

25

to cunnunge.      Nu þu const on mec
firendæda fela,      feorma mec hwæþre,
meotod, for þinre miltse,      þeah þe ic ma fremede
grimra gylta      þonne me god lyfde;
hæbbe ic þonne þearfe      þæt ic þine seþeah,

30

halges heofoncyninges,      hyldo getilge
leorendum dagum,      lif æfter oþrum
geseo ond gesece,      þæt me siþþan þær
unne arfæst god      ecan dreames,
lif alyfe,      þeah þe lætlicor

35

bette bealodæde      þonne bibodu wæron
halgan heofonmægnes.      Hwæt, þu me her fela
...... forgeafe.      Gesette minne hyht on þec,
forhte foreþoncas,      þæt hio fæstlice
stonde gestaðelad.      Onstep minne hige,

40

gæsta god cyning,      in gearone ræd.
Nu ic fundige to þe,      fæder moncynnes,
of þisse worulde,      nu ic wat þæt ic sceal,
ful unfyr faca;      feorma me þonne,
wyrda waldend,      in þinne wuldordream,

45

ond mec geleoran læt,      leofra dryhten,
geoca mines gæstes.      þonne is gromra to fela
æfestum eaden,      hæbbe ic þonne
æt frean frofre,      þeah þe ic ær on fyrste lyt
earnode arna.      Forlæt mec englas seþeah

50

geniman on þinne neawest,      nergende cyning,
meotud, for þinre miltse.      þeah ðe ic mana fela
æfter dogrum dyde,      ne læt þu mec næfre deofol seþeah
þin lim lædan      on laðne sið,
þy læs hi on þone foreþonc      gefeon motan

55

þy þe hy him sylfum      sellan þuhten
englas oferhydige      þonne ece Crist.
Gelugon hy him æt þam geleafan;      forþon hy longe scul...,
werge wihta,      wræce þrowian.
Forstond þu mec ond gestyr him,      þonne storm cyme

60

minum gæste ongegn;      geoca þonne,
mihtig dryhten,      minre sawle,
gefreoþa hyre ond gefeorma hy,      fæder moncynnes,
hædre gehogode,      hæl, ece god,
meotod meahtum swiþ.      Min is nu þa

65

sefa synnum fah,      ond ic ymb sawle eom
feam siþum forht,      þeah þu me fela sealde
arna on þisse eorþan.      þe sie ealles þonc
meorda ond miltsa,      þara þu me sealdest.
No ðæs earninga      ænige wæron mid;

70

hwæþre ic me ealles þæs      ellen wylle
habban ond hlyhhan      ond me hyhtan to,
frætwian mec on ferðweg      ond fundian
sylf to þam siþe      þe ic asettan sceal,
gæst gearwian,      ond me þæt eal for gode þolian

75

bliþe mode,      nu ic gebunden eom
fæste in minum ferþe.      Huru me frea witeð
sume þara synna      þe ic me sylf ne conn
ongietan gleawlice.      Gode ic hæbbe
abolgen, brego moncynnes;      forþon ic þus bittre wearð

80

gewitnad for þisse worulde,      swa min gewyrhto wæron
micle fore monnum,      þæt ic martirdom
deopne adreoge.      Ne eom ic dema gleaw,
wis fore weorude;      forþon ic þas word spræce
fus on ferþe,      swa me on frymðe gelomp

85

yrmþu ofer eorþan,      þæt ic a þolade
geara gehwylce      (gode ealles þonc!)
modearfoþa      ma þonne on oþrum,
fyrhto in folce;      forþon ic afysed eom
earm of minum eþle.      Ne mæg þæs anhoga,

90

leodwynna leas,      leng drohtian,
wineleas wræcca,      (is him wrað meotud),
gnornað on his geoguþe,     
ond him ælce mæle      men fullestað,
ycað his yrmþu,      ond he þæt eal þolað,

95

sarcwide secga,      ond him bið a sefa geomor,
mod morgenseoc.      Ic bi me tylgust
secge þis sarspel      ond ymb siþ spræce,
longunge fus,      ond on lagu þence,
nat min     

100

hwy ic gebycge      bat on sæwe,
fleot on faroðe;      nah ic fela goldes
ne huru þæs freondes,      þe me gefylste
to þam siðfate,      nu ic me sylf ne mæg
fore minum wonæhtum      willan adreogan.

105

Wudu mot him weaxan,      wyrde bidan,
tanum lædan;      ic for tæle ne mæg
ænigne moncynnes      mode gelufian
eorl on eþle.      Eala dryhten min,
meahtig mundbora!      þæt ic eom mode seoc,

110

bittre abolgen,      is seo bot æt þe
gelong æfter life.      Ic on leohte ne mæg
butan earfoþum      ænge þinga
feasceaft hæle      foldan ...unian;
þonne ic me to fremþum      freode hæfde,

115

cyðþu gecwe...      me wæs a cearu symle
lufena to leane,      swa ic alifde nu.
Giet biþ þæt selast,      þonne mon him sylf ne mæg
wyrd onwendan,      þæt he þonne wel þolige.




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