The Husband's Message University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.32 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 Husband's Message
nu ic onsundran ðe secgan wille // treocyn ic tudre aweox in mec æld/ sceal ellor londes settan // sealte streamas /sse ful oft ic on bates gesohte ðær mec mondryhten min // ofer heah hofu eom nu her cumen on ceolðele ond nu cunnan scealt hu ðu ymb modlufan mines frean on hyge hycge ic gehatan dear ðæt ðu ðær tirfæste treowe findest hwæt ðec ðonne biddan het se ðisne beam agrof ðæt ðu sinchroden sylf gemunde on gewitlocan wordbeotunga ðe git on ærdagum oft gespræcon ðenden git moston on meoduburgum eard weardigan an lond bugan freondscype fremman hine fæhðo adraf of sigeðeode heht nu sylfa ðe lustum læran ðæt ðu lagu drefde siððan ðu gehyrde on hliðes oran galan geomorne geac on bearwe ne læt ðu ðec siððan siðes getwæfan lade gelettan lifgendne monn ongin mere secan mæwes eðel onsite sænacan ðæt ðu suð heonan ofer merelade monnan findest ðær se ðeoden is ðin on wenum ne mæg him worulde willa gelimpan mara on gemyndum ðæs ðe he me sægde ðonne inc geunne alwaldend god // ætsomne siððan motan secgum ond gesiðum s/ næglede beagas he genoh hafað fædan goldes /d elðeode eðel healde fægre foldan /ra hæleða ðeah ðe her min wine/ nyde gebæded nacan ut aðrong ond on yða geong // sceolde faran on flotweg forðsiðes georn mengan merestreamas nu se mon hafað wean oferwunnen nis him wilna gad ne meara ne maðma ne meododreama ænges ofer eorðan eorlgestreona ðeodnes dohtor gif he ðin beneah ofer eald gebeot incer twega gecyre ic ætsomne sigel rad geador ear wyn ond dæg aðe benemnan ðæt he ða wære ond ða winetreowe be him lifgendum læstan wolde ðe git on ærdagum oft gespræconn