The Wanderer in Poetic Form

Lines 99-113

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Poetic Transcription Lines 99-113

Eorlas fornoman         asca þryþe,                                                            &

wæpen wælgifru,         wyrd seo mære,                                  (100)       &

ond þas stanhleoþu         stormas cnyssað,                                            &

hrið hreosende         hrusan bindeð,                                                       &

wintres woma,         þonne won cymeð,                                                &

nipeð nihtscua,         norþan onsendeð                                                    &

hreo hæglfare         hæleþum on andan.                                    (105)        &

Eall is earfoðlic         eorþan rice,                                                            &

onwendeð wyrda gesceaft         weoruld under heofonum.                        &

Her bið feoh læne,         her bið freond læne,                                           &

her bið mon læne,         her bið mæg læne,                                                &

eal þis eorþan gesteal         idel weorþeð!"                                (110)        &

Swa cwæð snottor on mode,         gesæt him sundor æt rune.                    &

Til biþ se þe his treowe gehealdeþ,         ne sceal næfre his torn to rycene    &

beorn of his breostum acyþan,         nemþe he ær þa bote cunne,             &

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