The Dream of the Rood
Lines 79 - 122
- 79
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þæt ic bealuwara° weorc gebiden
hæbbe,evil doer (gp)
- 80
- sarra° sorga°. Is nu sæl°
cumenpainful (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 Godesto pray (pres 3p)
þrowode° hwile; forþan ic þrymfæst°
nuto suffer (pret 3s), glorious (ns)
- 85
- hlifige° under heofenum, ic hælan°
mægto 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 wegpeople (dp), hateful (supl.)
rihtne° gerymde°, reordberendum.fitting
(as), to open (pret 1s)
- 90
- 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.
- 95
- '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
- 100
- and Adomes ealdgewyrhtum°; old deed
(dp)
deað he þær byrigde°. Hwæðere
eft Dryhten arasto 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
- 105
- 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)
- 110
- 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
- 115
- Ac hie þonne forhtiað°, and
fea° þencaþto fear (pres 3p, as future), little
hwæt hie to Criste cweðan onginnen°.
to begin (pres. subj. 3p)
Ne þearf° ðær þonne ænig
anforht° wesanto need (pres 3s), afraid (ns)
þe him ær in breostum bereð
beacna selest;
ac ðurh ða rode sceal ; rice° gesecan
kingdom (as)
- 120
- 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)