Englisce Lēoþsangas/Innung/Dēor
Appearance
Wēland him be wearnum | wræces cunnode, | |
ānhygdig eorl, | earfoðu drēag, | |
hæfde him tō gesīðe | sorge and langoþ, | |
winter-cealde wræce, | wēan oft onfand | |
siþþan hine Nīþhād on | nīeda legde, | |
swancre sinu-benda, | on sēlran mann. | |
Þæs oferēode; | þisses swā mæg. | |
Beaduhilde ne wæs | hire brōðra dēaþ | |
on sefan swā sār | swā hire selfre þing, | |
þæt hēo gearulīce | ongieton hæfde | |
þæt hēo ēacen wæs; | hū ymb þæt scolde. | |
Þæs oferēode; | þisses swā mæg. | |
Wē þæt Mǣþhilde | māna gefrugnon | |
wurdon grundlēase, | Gēates frige, | |
þæt hīe sēo sorglufu | slǣp' ealle benam. | |
Þæs oferēode; | þisses swā mæg. | |
Þēodrīce āhte | þrītig wintra | |
Mǣringa burg; | þæt wæs manigum cūþ. | |
Þæs oferēode; | þisses swā mæg. | |
Wē geāscodon | Eormanrīces | |
wylfenne geþōht; | āhte wīde folc | |
Gotena rīces; | þæt wæs grimm cyning. | |
Sæt secg manig | sorgum gebunden, | |
wēan on wēnum, | wȳscte geneahhe | |
þæt þæs cynerīces | ofercumen wǣre. | |
Þæs oferēode; | þisses swā mæg. | |
Siteþ sorgcearig, | sǣlum bedǣled, | |
on sefan sweorceþ, | selfum þynceþ | |
þæt sīe endelēas | earfoða dǣl, | |
mæg þonne geþencan | þæt geond þās weorold | |
wītig Dryhten | wendeþ geneahhe, | |
eorle manigum | āre gescēawaþ, | |
wislīcne blǣd, | sumum wēana dǣl. | |
Þæt ic be mē selfum | secgan wille, | |
þæt ic hwīle wæs | Hedeninga scop, | |
dryhtne dīere; | mē wæs Dēor nama. | |
Āhte ic fela wintra | folgoþ tilne, | |
holdne hlāford, | oþþæt Heorrenda nū, | |
lēoþcræftig mann, | landriht geþeah | |
þæt mē eorla hlēo | ǣr gesealde. | |
Þæs oferēode; | þisses swā mæg. |