# Dream of the Rood

hwæt ic swefna cyst || secgan wylle
hwæt me gemætte || to midre nihte
syþþan reordberend || reste wunedon
þuhte me þæt ic gesawe || syllicre treow
on lyft lædan || leohte bewunden
beama beorhtost || eall þæt beacen wæs
begoten mid golde || gimmas stodon
fægere æt foldan sceatum || swylce þær fife wæron
uppe on þam eaxlegespanne || beheoldon þær engel dryhtnes ealle
fægere þurh forþgesceaft || ne wæs þær huru fracodes gealga
ac hine þær beheoldon || halige gastas
men ofer moldan || ond eall þeos mære gesceaft
syllic wæs se sigebeam || ond ic synnum fah
forwunded mid wommum || geseah ic wuldres treow
wædum geweorþode || wynnum scinan
gegyred mid golde || gimmas hæfdon
bewrigene weorþlice || wealdendes treow
hwæþre ic þurh þæt gold || ongytan meahte
earmra ærgewin || þæt hit ærest ongan
swætan on þa swiþran healfe || eall ic wæs mid sorgum gedrefed
forht ic wæs for þære fægran gesyhþe || geseah ic þæt fuse beacen
wendan wædum ond bleom || hwilum hit wæs mid wætan bestemed
beswyled mid swates gange || hwilum mid since gegyrwed
hwæþre ic þær licgende || lange hwile
beheold hreowcearig || hælendes treow
oþþæt ic gehyrde || þæt hit hleoþrode
ongan þa word sprecan || wudu selesta
þæt wæs geara iu || ic þæt gyta geman
þæt ic wæs aheawen || holtes on ende
astyred of stefne minum || genaman me þær strange feondas
geworhton him þær to wæfersyne || heton me heora wergas hebban
bæron me þær beornas on eaxlum || oþþæt hie me on beorg asetton
gefæstnodon me þær feondas genoge || geseah ic þa frean mancynnes
efstan elne mycle || þæt he me wolde on gestigan
þær ic þa ne dorste || ofer dryhtnes word
bugan oþþe berstan || þa ic bifian geseah
eorþan sceatas || ealle ic mihte
feondas gefyllan || hwæþre ic fæste stod
ongyrede hine þa geong hæleþ || þæt wæs god ælmihtig
strang ond stiþmod || gestah he on gealgan heanne
modig on manigra gesyhþe || þa he wolde mancyn lysan
bifode ic þa me se beorn ymbclypte || ne dorste ic hwæþre bugan to eorþan
feallan to foldan sceatum || ac ic sceolde fæste standan
rod wæs ic aræred || ahof ic ricne cyning
heofona hlaford || hyldan me ne dorste
þurhdrifan hi me mid deorcan næglum || on me syndon þa dolg gesiene
opene inwidhlemmas || ne dorste ic hira nænigum sceþþan
bysmeredon hie unc butu ætgædere || eall ic wæs mid blode bestemed
begoten of þæs guman sidan || siþþan he hæfde his gast onsended
feala ic on þam beorge || gebiden hæbbe
wraþra wyrda || geseah ic weruda god
þearle þenian || þystro hæfdon
bewrigen mid wolcnum || wealdendes hræw
scirne sciman || sceadu forþeode
wann under wolcnum || weop eal gesceaft
cwiþdon cyninges fyll || crist wæs on rode
hwæþere þær fuse || feorran cwoman
to þam æþelinge || ic þæt eall beheold
sare ic wæs mid sorgum gedrefed || hnag ic hwæþre þam secgum to handa
eaþmod elne mycle || genamon hie þær ælmihtigne god
ahofon hine of þam hefian wite || forleton me þa hilderincas
standan steame bedrifenne || eall ic wæs mid strælum forwundod
aledon hie þær limwerigne || gestodon him æt his lices heafdum
beheoldon hie þær heofenes dryhten || ond he hine þær hwile reste
meþe æfter þam miclan gewinne || ongunnon him þa moldern wyrcan
beornas on banan gesyhþe || curfon hie þæt of beorhtan stane
gesetton hie þæron sigora wealdend || ongunnon him þa sorhleoþ galan
earme on þa æfentide || þa hie woldon eft siþian
meþe fram þam mæran þeodne || reste he þær mæte weorode
hwæþere we þær greotende || gode hwile
stodon on staþole || syþþan stefn up gewat
hilderinca || hræw colode
fæger feorgbold || þa us man fyllan ongan
ealle to eorþan || þæt wæs egeslic wyrd
bedealf us man on deopan seaþe || hwæþre me þær dryhtnes þegnas
freondas gefrunon # || 
ond gyredon me || golde ond seolfre
nu þu miht gehyran || hæleþ min se leofa
þæt ic bealuwara weorc || gebiden hæbbe
sarra sorga || is nu sæl cumen
þæt me weorþiaþ || wide ond side
menn ofer moldan || ond eall þeos mære gesceaft
gebiddaþ him to þyssum beacne || on me bearn godes
þrowode hwile || forþan ic þrymfæst nu
hlifige under heofenum || ond ic hælan mæg
æghwylcne anra || þara þe him biþ egesa to me
iu ic wæs geworden || wita heardost
leodum laþost || ærþan ic him lifes weg
rihtne gerymde || reordberendum
hwæt me þa geweorþode || wuldres ealdor
ofer holmwudu || heofonrices weard
swylce swa he his modor eac || marian sylfe
ælmihtig god || for ealle menn
geweorþode || ofer eall wifa cynn
nu ic þe hate || hæleþ min se leofa
þæt þu þas gesyhþe || secge mannum
onwreoh wordum || þæt hit is wuldres beam
se þe ælmihtig god || on þrowode
for mancynnes || manegum synnum
ond adomes || ealdgewyrhtum
deaþ he þær byrigde || hwæþere eft dryhten aras
mid his miclan mihte || mannum to helpe
he þa on heofenas astag || hider eft fundaþ
on þysne middangeard || mancynn secan
on domdæge || dryhten sylfa
ælmihtig god || ond his englas mid
þæt he þonne wile deman || se ah domes geweald
anra gehwylcum || swa he him ærur her
on þyssum lænum || life geearnaþ
ne mæg þær ænig || unforht wesan
for þam worde || þe se wealdend cwyþ
frineþ he for þære mænige || hwær se man sie
se þe for dryhtnes naman || deaþes wolde
biteres onbyrigan || swa he ær on þam beame dyde
ac hie þonne forhtiaþ || ond fea þencaþ
hwæt hie to criste || cweþan onginnen
ne þearf þær þonne ænig || anforht wesan
þe him ær in breostum bereþ || beacna selest
ac þurh þa rode sceal || rice gesecan
of eorþwege || æghwylc sawl
seo þe mid wealdende || wunian þenceþ
gebæd ic me þa to þan beame || bliþe mode
elne mycle || þær ic ana wæs
mæte werede || wæs modsefa
afysed on forþwege || feala ealra gebad
langunghwila || is me nu lifes hyht
þæt ic þone sigebeam || secan mote
ana oftor || þonne ealle men
well weorþian || me is willa to þam
mycel on mode || ond min mundbyrd is
geriht to þære rode || nah ic ricra feala
freonda on foldan || ac hie forþ heonon
gewiton of worulde dreamum || sohton him wuldres cyning
lifiaþ nu on heofenum || mid heahfædere
wuniaþ on wuldre || ond ic wene me
daga gehwylce || hwænne me dryhtnes rod
þe ic her on eorþan || ær sceawode
on þysson lænan || life gefetige
ond me þonne gebringe || þær is blis mycel
dream on heofonum || þær is dryhtnes folc
geseted to symle || þær is singal blis
ond me þonne asette || þær ic syþþan mot
wunian on wuldre || well mid þam halgum
dreames brucan || si me dryhten freond
se þe her on eorþan || ær þrowode
on þam gealgtreowe || for guman synnum
he us onlysde || ond us lif forgeaf
heofonlicne ham || hiht wæs geniwad
mid bledum ond mid blisse || þam þe þær bryne þolodan
se sunu wæs sigorfæst || on þam siþfate
mihtig ond spedig || þa he mid manigeo com
gasta weorode || on godes rice
anwealda ælmihtig || englum to blisse
ond eallum þam halgum || þam þe on heofonum ær
wunedon on wuldre || þa heora wealdend cwom
ælmihtig god || þær his eþel wæs