The Partridge University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.18 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems The Partridge
hyrde ic secgan gen bi sumum fugle wundorlicne fæger ðæt word ðe gecwæð wuldres ealdor in swa hwylce tiid swa ge mid treowe to me on hyge hweorfað ond ge hellfirena sweartra geswicað swa ic symle to eow mid siblufan sona gecyrre ðurh milde mod ge beoð me siððan torhte tireadge talade ond rimde beorhte gebroðor on bearna stæl uton we ðy geornor gode oliccan firene feogan friðes earnian duguðe to dryhtne ðenden us dæg scine ðæt swa æðelne eardwica cyst in wuldres wlite wunian motan [finit]