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Waldere A
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Waldere A

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
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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,
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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hworfan from ðisse hilde, hlafurd secan
ealdne ᛟ oððe her ær swefan,
gif he ða"
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