Waldere A
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
hyrde hyne georne:
"Huru Welande... worc ne geswiceð
monna ænigum ðara ðe Mimming can
heardne gehealdan. Oft æt hilde gedreas
5
swatfag and sweordwund secg æfter oðrum.
ætlan ordwyga, ne læt ðin ellen
nu gy...
gedreosan to dæge, dryhtscipe
is se dæg cumen
þæt ðu scealt aninga oðer twega,
10
lif forleosan oððe l... ...gne dom
agan mid eldum, ælfheres sunu.
Nalles ic ðe, wine min, wordum cide,
ðy ic ðe gesawe æt ðam sweordplegan
ðurh edwitscype æniges monnes
15
wig forbugan oððe on weal fleon,
lice beorgan, ðeah þe laðra fela
ðinne byrnhomon billum heowun,
ac ðu symle furðor feohtan sohtest,
mæl ofer mearce; ðy ic ðe metod ondred,
20
þæt ðu to fyrenlice feohtan sohtest
æt ðam ætstealle oðres monnes,
wigrædenne. Weorða ðe selfne
godum dædum, ðenden ðin god recce.
Ne murn ðu for ði mece; ðe wearð
maðma cyst
25
gifeðe to geoce, mid ðy ðu
Guðhere scealt
beot forbigan, ðæs ðe he ðas beaduwe
ongan
...d unryhte ærest secan.
Forsoc he ðam swurde and ðam syncfatum,
beaga mænigo, nu sceal bega leas
30
hworfan from ðisse hilde, hlafurd secan
ealdne || oððe her ær swefan,
gif he ða"
© 2004-2007 Northvegr.
Most of the material on this site is in the public domain. However, many people have worked very hard to bring these texts to you so if you do use the work, we would appreciate it if you could give credit to both the Northvegr site and to the individuals who worked to bring you these texts. A small number of texts are copyrighted and cannot be used without the author's permission. Any text that is copyrighted will have a clear notation of such on the main index page for that text. Inquiries can be sent to info@northvegr.org. Northvegr™ and the Northvegr symbol are trademarks and service marks of the Northvegr Foundation.
|