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