- Hwæt°, ic swefna° cyst°
secgan° wylle,Lo! dream (gp), best (as),
to say/tell
hwæt me
gemætte° to midre° nihte, to
dream (impers. w. d., pret 3s), middle (ds)
syðþan reordberend° reste wunedon°.
speech-bearer (np), to dwell (pret. 3p)
Þuhte° me þæt ic gesawe
syllicre° treowto seem (impers. w. d., pret 3s), ;beautiful
(asn)
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- on lyft° lædan°, leohte bewunden°,
the air, ;to lift, ;to envelop (p ptc)
beama° beorhtost°. Eall þæt
beacen wæs tree (gp), bright (supl.)
begoten° mid golde; gimmas stodon to
cover (p ptc)
fægere° æt foldan° sceatum°,
swylce þær fife wæron beautiful (npm), earth
(gs), corner (dp)
uppe on þūm eaxlegespanne°. Beheoldon
þær engel Dryhtnes° ealle cross-beam (ds), Lord (gs)
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- fægere þurh forðgesceaft°
ne wæs ðær huru fracodes° gealga°, eternal decree
(as), wicked one (gs), gallows (ns)
ac hine þær beheoldon° halige
gastas, to behold
men ofer moldan° and eall þeos mære
gesceaft°. the earth (as), creation(ns)
Syllic wæs se sigebeam°, ic synnum
fah°, victory-tree (ns), stained (nsm)
forwunded° mid wommum°. Geseah ic wuldres
treow to wound sorely (p ptc), iniquity (dp)
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- wædum° geweorðod° wynnum°
scinan, covering (dp), to honour (p ptc), joy (dp as adv)
gegyred° mid golde; gimmas hæfdon
to adorn (p ptc)
bewrigen° weorðlice Wealdendes°
treow. to cover (p ptc), the Ruler (gs)
Hwæðre ic þurh þæt gold
ongytan° meahte to perceive
earmra° ærgewin°, þæt
hit ærest ongan° wretched one (gp), ancient strife (as),
to begin
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- swætan on þa swiðran° healfe.
Eall ic wæs mid sorgum gedrefed°; right (as), to afflict (p
ptc)
forht° ic wæs for þære fægran gesyhðe;
geseah ic þæt fuse° beacen afraid
(ns), eager (as)
wendan° wædum and bleom°; hwilum
hit wæs mid wætan° bestemed°, to change, colour (dp),
blood/moisture (ds), to soak (p ptc)
beswyled° mid swates° gange°, hwilum
mid since° gegyrwed°. to drench (p ptc), blood (gs), flow (ds),
treasure, (ds), to adorn (p ptc)
Hwæðre ic þær licgende
lange hwile
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- beheold hreowcearig° Hælendes treow,
troubled (ns), Saviour (gs)
oð ðæt ic gehyrde þæt
hit hleoðrode°; to speak (pret 3s)
ongan þa word sprecan wudu selesta°:
noble (supl.)
‘þæt wæs geara iu - ic þæt
gyta° geman° - still, to remember (pret.pres, 1s pret.)
þæt ic wæs aheawen holtes°
on ende, the wood (gs)
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- astyred° of stefne° minum. Genaman
me ðær strange feondas, to remove (p ptc), root (ds)
geworhton° him þær to wæfersyne°,
heton° me heora wergas° hebban°; to make (pret 3p), spectacle
(ds), to command (pret 3p), criminal (ap), to raise up
bæron me þær beornas° on eaxlum°,
oð ðæt hie me on beorg° asetton; man (np), shoulder
(dp), hill (as)
gefæstnodon me þær feondas genoge°.
Geseah ic þa Frean° mancynnes many (np), the Lord (as)
efstan° elne° mycle, þæt
he me wolde on gestigan°. to hasten, courage (ds), to climb
on
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- Þær ic þa ne dorste ofer
Dryhtnes word
bugan° oððe berstan, þa ic
bifian° geseah to bend, to shake
eorðan sceatas°. Ealle ic mihte the
surface (ap)
feondas gefyllan, hwæðre ic fæste
stod.
Ongyrede° hine þa geong hæleð
- þæt wæs God ælmihtig! - to strip
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- strang stiðmod°; gestah° he on
gealgan heanne°, resolute (ns), to climb (pret 3s), despised (as)
modig° on manigra gesyhðe, þa
he wolde mancyn lysan°. brave (ns), to redeem
Bifode° ic þa me se beorn ymbclypte°; ne dorste ic hwæðre
bugan to eorðan, to tremble (pret 1s), to embrace (pret 3s)
feallan to foldan sceatum, ac ic sceolde fæste standan.
Rod° wæs ic aræred; ahof° ic ricne Cyning, a cross
(ns), to raise up (pret 1s)
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- heofona Hlaford; hyldan° me ne dorste.
to bend
Þurhdrifan° hi me mid deorcan næglum;
on me syndon þu dolg° gesiene, to pierce (pret 3s), wound (np)
opene inwidhlemmas°; ne dorste ic hira ænigum
sceððan°. malicious wounds (np), to injure
Bysmeredon° hie unc° butu ætgædere;
eall ic wæs mid blode bestemed, to insult (pret 3p), us (acc. of
dual)
begoten° of þæs guman° sidan
siððan he hæfde his gast onsended. to issue (p ptc), man
(gs)
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- 'Feala° ic on þam beorge gebiden°
hæbbe many (w.g), to experience (p ptc)
wraðra° wyrda°: geseah ic weruda°
God cruel (gp), event (gp), host (gp)
þearle° þenian°. Þystro°
hæfdon violently, to strech out (passive), darkness (np)
bewrigen° mid wolcnum° Wealdendes hræw°,
to cover (p ptc), cloud (dp), corpse (as)
scirne° sciman°; sceadu forð eode,
gleaming (as), radiance (as)
-
- 55
- wann° under wolcnum. Weop eal gesceaft°,
dark (ns), creation (ns)
cwiðdon° Cyninges fyll°: Crist wæs
on rode. to lament (pret 3p), the fall (as)
Hwæðere þær fuse feorran
cwoman
to þam Æðelinge; ic þæt eall beheold.
Sare ic wæs mid sorgum° gedrefed°,
hnag° ic hwæðre þam secgum° to handa sorrow (dp),
to oppress (p ptc), to bow down (pret 1s), warrior (dp)
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- eaðmod°, elne° mycle. Genamon°
hie þær ælmihtigne God, humble (ns), zeal (is), to
atke hold (pret 3p)
ahofon° hine of ðam hefian° wite°;
forleton° me þa hilderincas° to raise (pret 3p), oppressive
(ds), torment (ds), to leave (pret 3p), warrior (np)
standan steame° bedrifenne°; eall ic
wæs mid strælum° forwundod. moisture (ds), to cover (p
ptc), arrow (dp)
Aledon° hie ðær limwerigne°;
gestodon him æt his lices heafdum; to lay down (pret 3p), waery
of limb (as)
beheoldon hie ðær heofenes Dryhten,
and he hine ðær hwile reste,
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- meðe° æfter ðam miclan gewinne°.
Ongunnon him þa moldern° wyrcan weary (ns), agony (ds), tomb
(as)
beornas on banan° gesyhðe, curfon°
hie ðæt of beorhtan stane; the slayer (gs), to carve (pret
3p)
gesetton hie ðæron sigora° Wealdend.
Ongunnon him þa sorhleoð° galan° victory (gp),
dirge (as), to sing
earme° on þu æfentide°,
þa hie woldon eft siðian°, sorrowful (np), evening (as),
to journey back
meðe fram þam mæran° þeodne°;
reste he ðær mæte° weorode°. glorious (ds), prince
(ds), small (is), company (is)
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- Hwæðere we ðær greotende°
gode° hwile to weep (pres ptc), good/long (as)
stodon on staðole°; stefn° up gewat°
fixed place (ds), voice (ns), to go up (pret. 3s)
hilderinca; hræw colode,
fæger° feorgbold°. Þa us
man fyllan° ongan beautiful (ns), life-house (ns), to fell
ealle to eorðan; þæt wæs egeslic° wyrd! terrible
(ns)
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- Bedealf° us man on deopan seaþe°.
Hwæðre me þær Dryhtnes þegnas, to bury (pret
3s), pit (ds)
freondas gefrunon°, to find out (pret 3p)
gyredon° me golde and seolfre. to adorn
(pret 3p)
'Nu ðu miht gehyran, hæleð min se
leofa°, beloved (ns)
þæt ic bealuwara° weorc gebiden
hæbbe, evil doer (gp)
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- sarra° sorga°. Is nu sæl°
cumen painful (gp), sorrow (gp), time (ns)
þæt me weorðiað wide and
side° far
menn ofer moldan eall þeos mære
gesceaft,
gebiddaþ° him to þyssum beacne.
On me Bearn Godes to pray (pres 3p)
þrowode° hwile; forþan ic þrymfæst°
nu to suffer (pret 3s), glorious (ns)
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- hlifige° under heofenum, ic hælan°
mæg to tower (pres 1s), to heal
æghwylcne° anra, þara þe
him bið egesa° to me. each (as), terror (ns)
Iu° ic wæs geworden° wita°
heardost, once, to make (p ptc), punishment (gp)
leodum° laðost°, ær þan
ic him lifes weg people (dp), hateful (supl.)
rihtne° gerymde°, reordberendum. fitting
(as), to open (pret 1s)
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- Hwæt, me þa geweorþode
wuldres Ealdor
ofer holtwudu°, heofonrices Weard, tree
of the forest (as)
swylce swa he his modor eac, Marian sylfe,
ælmihtig God for ealle menn
geweorðode ofer eall wifa cynn.
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- 'Nu ic þe hate°, hæleð
min se leofa, to command (pres 1s)
þæt ðu þas gesyhðe°
secge mannum; sight (as)
onwreoh° wordum þæt hit is wuldres
beam, to reveal (imp. 2s)
se ðe ælmihtig God on þrowode
for mancynnes manegum synnum
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- and Adomes ealdgewyrhtum°; old deed
(dp)
deað he þær byrigde°. Hwæðere
eft Dryhten aras to taste (pret 3s)
mid his miclan mihte mannum to helpe.
He ða on heofenas astag°. Hider eft
fundaþ° to ascend (pret 3s), to hurry back (pres 3s, as future)
on þysne middangeard mancynn secan°
to seek
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- on domdæge Dryhten sylfa,
ælmihtig God, his englas mid,
þæt he þonne wile deman°,
se ah° domes° geweald°, to judge, to have (pres 3s), judgment
(gs), control (as)
anra gehwylcum swa he him ærur° her
previously
on þyssum lænan° life geearnaþ°.
transitory (ds), to earn (pres 3s)
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- Ne mæg þær ænig unforht°
wesan°, unafraid (ns), to be
for þam worde þe se Wealdend cwyð;
frineð° he for þære mænige
hwær se man sie°, to ask (pres 3s, as future), to be (pres.
subj. 3s)
se ðe for Dryhtnes naman deaðes wolde
biteres onbyrigan°, swa he ær on ðam
beame dyde. to taste
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- Ac hie þonne forhtiað°, and
fea° þencaþ to fear (pres 3p, as future), little
hwæt hie to Criste cweðan onginnen°.
to begin (pres. subj. 3p)
Ne þearf° ðær þonne ænig
anforht° wesan to need (pres 3s), afraid (ns)
þe him ær in breostum bereð
beacna selest;
ac ðurh ða rode sceal ; rice° gesecan
kingdom (as)
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- of eorðwege° æghwylc sawl, earthly
way (ds)
seo þe mid Wealdende wunian° þenceð°.’
to dwell, to intend (pres 3s)
Gebæd° ic me þa to þam beame
bliðe° mode, to pray (pret. 1s), happy (is)
elne mycle, þær ic ana wæs
mæte werede. Wæs modsefa° spirit
(ns)
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- afysed° on forðwege°, feala ealra
gebad° to impel (p ptc), departure (ds), to exprience (pret 3s)
langunghwila. Is me nu lifes hyht° hope
(ns)
þæt ic þone sigebeam secan
mote
ana oftor° þonne ealle men, often
(comp.)
well weorþian. Me is willa to ðam
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- mycel on mode, and min mundbyrd° is hope
of protection (as)
geriht° to þære rode. Nah ic
ricra feala to direct (p ptc)
freonda on foldan, ac hie forð heonon
gewiton° of worulde dreamum°, sohton
him wuldres Cyning; to go (pret 3p), joy (dp)
lifiaþ° nu on heofenum mid Heahfædere,
to live (pres 3p)
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- wuniaþ on wuldre; ic wene° me
to expect (pres 1s)
daga gehwylce hwænne me Dryhtnes rod,
þe ic her on eorðan ær sceawode,
on þysson lænan life gefetige, to
fetch (pres. subj. 3s)
and me þonne gebringe þær is
blis mycel,
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- dream on heofonum, þær is Dryhtnes
folc
geseted° to symle°, þær
is singal° blis; to seat (p ptc), feast (ds), everlasting (ns)
and me þonne asette ; þær ic syþþan
mot° to be able to (pres 1s)
wunian on wuldre, well mid þam halgum°
saint (dp)
dreames brucan°. Si me Dryhten freond, to
enjoy
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- se ðe her on eorþan ær þrowode
on þam gealgtreowe° for guman synnum;
gallows-tree (ds)
he us onlysde° ; us lif forgeaf, to redeem (pret
3s)
heofonlicne ham. Hiht wæs geniwad°
to renew (p ptc)
mid bledum° mid blisse, þam þe
þær bryne° þolodan°. glory (dp), fire (as),
to suffer (pret 3p)
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- Se Sunu wæs sigorfæst° on
þam siðfate°, victorious (ns), journey (ds)
mihtig and spedig°, þa he mid manigeo°
com, successful (ns), a multitude (ds)
gasta° weorode, on Godes rice, soul (gp)
Anwealda ælmihtig, englum to blisse
and eallum ðam halgum þam þe on
heofonum ær
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- wunedon on wuldre, þa heora Wealdend
cwom,
ælmihtig God, þær his eðel°
wæs. home (ns)
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