The Husband's Message
Ed. Murray McGillivray. Online Corpus of Old English Poetry (OCOEP). Edition in progress. This file last updated
12/12/07.
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Nu
ic
onsundran
þe
secgan
wille
......
treocyn
ic
tudre
aweox;
in
mec
æld...
sceal
ellor
londes
settan......
sealte
streamas
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...sse
Ful
oft
ic
on
bates
......
gesohte
þær
mec
mondryhten
min......
ofer
heah
hafu.
Eom
nu
her
cumen
on
ceolþele,
ond
nu
cunnan
scealt
- 10
-
hu
þu
ymb
modlufan
mines
frean
on
hyge
hycge.
Ic
gehatan
dear
þæt
þu
þær
tirfæste
treowe
findest.
Hwæt,
þec
þonne
biddan
het
se
þisne
beam
agrof
þæt
þu
sinchroden
sylf
gemunde
- 15
-
on
gewitlocan
wordbeotunga,
þe
git
on
ærdagum
oft
gespræcon,
þenden
git
moston
on
meoduburgum
eard
weardigan,
an
lond
bugan,
freondscype
fremman.
Hine
fæhþo
adraf
- 20
-
of
sigeþeode.
Heht
nu
sylfa
þe
lustum
læran
þæt
þu
lagu
drefde,
siþþan
þu
gehyrde
on
hliþes
oran
galan
geomorne
geac
on
bearwe.
Ne
læt
þu
þec
siþþan
siþes
getwæfan,
- 25
-
lade
gelettan
lifgendne
monn.
Ongin
mere
secan,
mæwes
eþel,
onsite
sænacan,
þæt
þu
suð
heonan
ofer
merelade
monnan
findest,
þær
se
þeoden
is
þin
on
wenum.
- 30
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Ne
mæg
him
worulde
willa
mara
on
gemyndum,
þæs
þe
he
me
sægde,
þonne
inc
geunne
alwaldend
god
......
ætsomne
siþþan
motan
secgum
ond
gesiþum
s...
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næglede
beagas;
he
genoh
hafað
fædan
goldes
...
.....d
elþeode
eþel
healde,
fægre
foldan
.......
.......ra
hæleþa,
þeah
þe
her
min
wine.......
- 40
-
nyde
gebæded,
nacan
ut
aþrong,
ond
on
yþa
geong
......
sceolde
faran
on
flotweg,
forðsiþes
georn,
mengan
merestreamas.
Nu
se
mon
hafað
wean
oferwunnen;
nis
him
wilna
gad,
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ne
meara
ne
maðma
ne
meododreama,
ænges
ofer
eorþan
eorlgestreona,
þeodnes
dohtor,
gif
he
þin
beneah
ofer
eald
gebeot
incer
twega.
Gehyre
ic
ætsomne
(RUNE sigel) (RUNE rad)
geador
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(RUNE ear) (RUNE wen)
ond
(RUNE dæg)
aþe
benemnan,
þæt
he
þa
wære
ond
þa
winetreowe
be
him
lifgendum
læstan
wolde,
þe
git
on
ærdagum
oft
gespræconn.