A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.28
Title
Pharaoh
Language
Old English
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Pharaoh

Pha 1. saga me hwæt ðær weorudes || wære ealles Saĝa hwæt ðǣr weorodes || wǣre ealles
Bliss Scansion: a1e xxxxx~+x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxxx ~+ x || N/A / x | / x

Error or emendation on A line:
Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 122, recto, Manuscript line: 6, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: weorudes Original reading: weorudes

Syntax: aN || VA

hs: w, aa: 2
Pha 2. on farones fyrde || ða hy folc godes on Farones fyrde, || þā hīe folc godes
Bliss Scansion: N/A x~+x|Sx || 2C2b xxS|~x
Sievers Scansion: A1 x ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x

Syntax: NgN || NNg

hs: f, ca: f, law: g, aa: D, da: D
Pha 3. ðurh feondscipe || fylgan ongunn/ þurh fēondsċipe || fylĝan ongunn[]
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || d1a xSxx
Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || C3 x / | ~ x

Syntax: NC || failed

hs: f, ca: f, law: g, aa: X
Pha 4. nat ic hit be wihte || butan ic wene ðus Nāt hit be wihte, || būtan wēne þus,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 3B1c xxxSx|$
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || 0 xxx / | x /

Syntax: iP || Va

hs: w, aa: 2
Pha 5. ðæt ðær screoda wære || gescyred rime þæt ðǣr sċreoda wǣre || ġe·sċyred rīme
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx~+|Sx || 2C1a x~+|Sx
Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x

Syntax: NgN || sNt

hs: sc, aa: 1
Pha 6. siex hun/ /a || searohæbbendra siex hun[]ā || searu-hæbbendra;
Bliss Scansion: || 1D1 ~+|Sxx
Sievers Scansion: || N/A ~+ | / \ x

Syntax: failed || AC

hs: s, aa: X, bcp: 1D1
Pha 7. ðæt eal fornam || yð/ þæt eall for·nam || ȳþ%[]
Bliss Scansion: N/A x$|x$ || N/A x$|x$
Sievers Scansion: ||

Error or emendation on B line:
Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 122, recto, Manuscript line: 10, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: yþ Original reading: yþ

Syntax: aV || failed

hs: V, aa: X
Pha 8. wraðe wyrde || in woruldrice wrāðe wyrde || on weorold-rīċe.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || d2a x~+sx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x

Syntax: aV || NC

hs: w, aa: D, da: D