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The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry


The Rune Poem
Verse Indeterminate Saxon


| byþ frofur         fira gehwylcum.
Sceal ðeah manna gehwylc         miclun hyt dælan
gif he wile for drihtne         domes hleotan.
| byþ anmod         and oferhyrned,

5

felafrecne deor,         feohteþ mid hornum,
mære morstapa;         þæt is modig wuht.
| byþ ðearle scearp;         ðegna gehwylcum
anfeng ys yfyl,         ungemetun reþe
manna gehwylcun         ðe him mid resteð.

10

| byþ ordfruma         ælcre spræce,
wisdomes wraþu         and witena frofur,
and eorla gehwam         eadnys and tohiht.
| byþ on recyde         rinca gehwylcum
sefte, and swiþhwæt         ðam ðe sitteþ on ufan

15

meare mægenheardum         ofer milpaþas.
| byþ cwicera gehwam         cuþ on fyre,
blac and beorhtlic,         byrneþ oftust
ðær hi æþelingas         inne restaþ.
| gumena byþ         gleng and herenys,

20

wraþu and wyrþscype,         and wræcna gehwam
ar and ætwist         ðe byþ oþra leas.
| ne bruceþ         ðe can weana lyt,
sares and sorge,         and him sylfa hæfþ
blæd and blysse         and eac byrga geniht.

25

| byþ hwitust corna;         hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
wealcaþ hit windes scuras,         weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan.
| byþ nearu on breostan,         weorþeþ hi ðeah oft niþa bearnum
to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre,         gif hi his hlystaþ æror.
| byþ oferceald,         ungemetum slidor,

30

glisnaþ glæshluttur,         gimmum gelicust,
flor forste geworuht,         fæger ansyne.
| byþ gumena hiht,         ðon god læteþ,
halig heofones cyning,         hrusan syllan
beorhte bleda         beornum and ðearfum.

35

| byþ utan         unsmeþe treow,
heard, hrusan fæst,         hyrde fyres,
wyrtrumun underwreþyd,         wyn on eþle.
| byþ symble         plega and hlehter
wlancum         ðar wigan sittaþ

40

on beorsele         bliþe ætsomne.
| secg eard hæfþ         oftust on fenne,
wexeð on wature,         wundaþ grimme,
blode breneð         beorna gehwylcne
ðe him ænigne         onfeng gedeð.

45

| semannum         symble biþ on hihte,
ðonn hi hine feriaþ         ofer fisces beþ,
oþ hi brimhengest         bringeþ to lande.
| biþ tacna sum,         healdeð trywa wel
wiþ æþelingas,         a biþ on færylde,

50

ofer nihta genipu         næfre swiceþ.
| byþ bleda leas,         bereþ efne swa ðeah
tanas butan tudder,         biþ on telgum wlitig,
heah on helme         hrysted fægere,
geloden leafum,         lyfte getenge.

55

| byþ for eorlum         æþelinga wyn,
hors hofum wlanc,         ðær him hæleþ ymbe,
welege on wicgum,         wrixlaþ spræce,
and biþ unstyllum         æfre frofur.
| byþ on myrgþe         his magan leof;

60

sceal þeah anra gehwylc         oðrum swican,
for ðam dryhten wyle         dome sine
þæt earme flæsc         eorþan betæcan.
| byþ leodum         langsum geþuht,
gif hi sculun neþan         on nacan tealtum,

65

and hi sæyþa         swyþe bregaþ,
and se brimhengest         bridles ne gymeð.
| wæs ærest         mid Eastdenum
gesewen secgun,         oþ he siððan eft
ofer wæg gewat,         wæn æfter ran;

70

ðus heardingas         ðone hæle nemdun.
| byþ oferleof         æghwylcum men,
gif he mot ðær rihtes         and gerysena on
brucan on bolde         bleadum oftast.
| byþ drihtnes sond,         deore mannum,

75

mære metodes leoht,         myrgþ and tohiht
eadgum and earmum,         eallum brice.
| byþ on eorþan         elda bearnum
flæsces fodor,         fereþ gelome
ofer ganotes bæþ;         garsecg fandaþ

80

hwæþer ac hæbbe         æþele treowe.
| biþ oferheah,         eldum dyre,
stiþ on staþule,         stede rihte hylt,
ðeah him feohtan on         firas monige.
| byþ æþelinga         and eorla gehwæs

85

wyn and wyrþmynd,         byþ on wicge fæger,
fæstlic on færelde,         fyrdgeatewa sum.
| byþ eafix,         and ðeah a bruceþ
fodres on foldan,         hafaþ fægerne eard,
wætre beworpen,         ðær he wynnum leofaþ.

90

| byþ egle         eorla gehwylcun,
ðonn fæstlice         flæsc onginneþ,
hraw colian,         hrusan ceosan
blac to gebeddan;         bleda gedreosaþ,
wynna gewitaþ,         wera geswicaþ.




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