The Phoenix
Phoen 1. |
hæbbe
ic
gefrugnen
||
ðætte
is
feor
heonan
Hæbbe
iċ
ġe·frugnen
||
þætte
is
feorr
heonan
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2C2c xxx$|~x Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: Vs || aa hs: f, aa: Q |
I have heard that far from here in the regions of the East |
Phoen 2. |
eastdælum
on
||
æðelast
londa
ēast-dǣlum
inn
||
æðelost
landa,
Bliss Scansion: 300 Ssx|$ || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | / || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: Np || ANg hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
is the noblest of lands, famed among men. |
Phoen 3. |
firum
gefræge
||
nis
se
foldan
sceat
fīrum
ġe·frǣġe.
||
Nis
sē
foldan
sċēat
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NtA || NgN hs: f, ia: f, aa: D, da: D |
That expanse of earth is not accessible |
Phoen 4. |
ofer
middangeard
||
mongum
gefere
ofer
middan-ġeard
||
maniĝum
ġe·fēre
Bliss Scansion: d5b xxSxs || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || AA hs: m, las: f, ia: m, aa: 1 |
to many leaders of nations across the world, |
Phoen 5. |
folcagendra
||
ac
he
afyrred
is
folc-āĝendra,
||
ac
hē
ā·fierred
is
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: D1 / | / \ x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || sV hs: f, las: f, lab: f, ia: f, xa: fVfV, aa: Q, acp: 1D1 |
but it has been placed far away |
Phoen 6. |
ðurh
meotudes
meaht
||
manfremmendum
þurh
metodes
meaht
||
mān-fremmendum.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a x~+x|S || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: B1 x ~+ | x / || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || S/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NC hs: m, lab: f, ia: m, aa: D, da: D, bcp: 1D1 |
from evil-doers through the might of God. |
Phoen 7. |
wlitig
is
se
wong
eall
||
wynnum
geblissad
Wlitiġ
is
sē
wang
eall,
||
wynnum
ġe·blissod
Bliss Scansion: 1A2b ~+|xxSs || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A2b ~+ xx | / \ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || Sx/Sx Syntax: AvN || Nts hs: w, aa: D |
That whole plain is beautiful, blessed with joys, |
Phoen 8. |
mid
ðam
fægrestum
||
foldan
stencum
mid
þām
fæġerostum
||
foldan
stencum.
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: dA || NgN hs: f, aa: 2 |
and with the fairest perfumes of the earth. |
Phoen 9. |
ænlic
is
ðæt
iglond
||
æðele
se
wyrhta
Ǣnliċ
is
þæt
īeġ-land,
||
æðele
sē
wyrhta,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*2 Sx|xxSs || 1A*1a ~+x|xSx Sievers Scansion: A2b / xxx | / \ || N/A ~+ xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || Sx/Sx Syntax: AvN || AN hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
That island is peerless, noble its maker, |
Phoen 10. |
modig
meahtum
spedig
||
se
ða
moldan
gesette
mōdiġ,
meahtum
spēdiġ,
||
sē
þā
moldan
ġe·sette.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1(2A1a) Sx|Sx|Sx || a1b(1A*1a) xxSx|xSx Sievers Scansion: HA1 / x | / x | / x || 0 xx / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx//Sx/Sx || xx//Sx/Sx Syntax: AA || NV hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
great-hearted and abundant in powers, |
Phoen 11. |
ðær
bið
oft
open
||
eadgum
togeanes
Þǣr
biþ
oft
open
||
ēadĝum
tō·ġēanes
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xxS|~x || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aA || Aa hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
the one who established that ground. |
Phoen 12. |
onhliden
hleoðra
wyn
||
heofonrices
duru
on·hliden
hlēoðra
wynn,
||
heofon-rīċes
duru.
Bliss Scansion: N/A x~+|Sxs || 300 ~+sx|~+ Sievers Scansion: D4 x ~+ | / x \ || N/A ~+ \ x | ~+ Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || Ssx/S Syntax: sN || NgN hs: h, ac: hl, aca: hl, aa: D, da: D |
There heaven’s portal is often open, |
Phoen 13. |
ðæt
is
wynsum
wong
||
wealdas
grene
Þæt
is
wynsum
wang,
||
wealdas
grēne,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NA hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
the joy of voices released to the blessed. |
Phoen 14. |
rume
under
roderum
||
ne
mæg
ðær
ren
ne
snaw
rūme
under
rodorum.
||
Ne
mæġ
ðǣr
reġn
nē
snāw,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xx~+x || 2B1a xxxS|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | ~+ x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AP || NcN hs: r, aa: D, da: D |
That is a joyful plain, green forests, |
Phoen 15. |
ne
forstes
fnæst
||
ne
fyres
blæst
ne
forstes
fnǣst%,
||
ne
fȳres
blǣst,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 56, recto, Manuscript line: 7, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: fnæst Original reading: fnæst Translitteratio: f/s Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
spacious under the heavens. |
Phoen 16. |
ne
hægles
hryre
||
ne
hrimes
dryre
ne
hæġles
hryre,
||
ne
hrīmes
dryre,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|~+ || 3B1a xSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x ~+ || 0 x / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: h, ac: hr, aa: D, da: D |
There neither rain nor snow, nor the breath of frost, |
Phoen 17. |
ne
sunnan
hætu
||
ne
sincaldu
ne
sunnan
hǣtu,
||
ne
sīn-ċealdu,
Bliss Scansion: a1a(2A1a) xSx|Sx || d2a xSsx Sievers Scansion: A1 x / x | / x || 0 x / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NC hs: s, lab: s, aa: 1, da: D |
not the blast of fire, nor the dropping of hail, |
Phoen 18. |
ne
wearm
weder
||
ne
winterscur
ne
wearm
weder,
||
ne
winter-sċūr
Bliss Scansion: 2C2a xS|~x || N/A xSxs Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || NC hs: w, ca: w, law: sc, lab: sc, aa: D, da: D |
nor the falling of rime, nor the heat of the sun, |
Phoen 19. |
wihte
gewyrdan
||
ac
se
wong
seomað
wihte
ġe·wyrdan,
||
ac
sē
wang
seomaþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: aI || NV hs: w, ca: w, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
nor continual cold, nor warm weather, |
Phoen 20. |
eadig
ond
onsund
||
is
ðæt
æðele
lond
ēadiġ
and
ansund.
||
Is
þæt
æðele
land
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxs Syntax: AcA || AN hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
nor a winter shower, can cause any harm, |
Phoen 21. |
blostmum
geblowen
||
beorgas
ðær
ne
muntas
blōstmum
ġe·blōwen.
||
Beorĝas
ðǣr
ne
muntas
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1b Sx|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xxx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: Nts || NcN hs: b, ac: bl, aca: bl, aa: D, da: D |
but the plain remains, blessed and unharmed. |
Phoen 22. |
steape
ne
stondað
||
ne
stanclifu
stēape
ne
standaþ,
||
ne
stān-clifu
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AV || NC hs: st, aa: D, da: D |
That noble land blooms with flowers. |
Phoen 23. |
heah
hlifiað
||
swa
her
mid
us
hēah
hlifiaþ,
||
swā
hēr
mid
ūs,
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 2B1a xS|xS Sievers Scansion: D2 / | / ~ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Sxx || x/Sxs Syntax: AV || aP hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
There stand there no mountains nor steep hills, |
Phoen 24. |
ne
dene
ne
dalu
||
ne
dunscrafu
ne
dene
ne
dalu
||
ne
dūn-sċrafu,
Bliss Scansion: N/A x~+|x~+ || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: B1 x ~+ | x ~+ || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: NcN || NC hs: d, aa: D, da: D |
nor do rocky cliffs tower high, as here among us, |
Phoen 25. |
hlæwas
ne
hlincas
||
ne
ðær
hleonað
oo
hlǣwas
ne
hlincas,
||
ne
ðǣr
hlinaþ
ā
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xx~x|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx ~ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || Va hs: h, ac: hl, aca: hl, acb: hl, las: V, aa: D, da: D |
no dales or valleys or ravines, no hillocks or dunes, |
Phoen 26. |
unsmeðes
wiht
||
ac
se
æðela
feld
unsmēðes
wiht,
||
ac
sē
æðela
feld
Bliss Scansion: 3 E1 Sxx|S || 3B1b xx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | / || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || x/Sxs Syntax: AgN || AN hs: V, las: V, aa: 1 |
nor there does there ever incline a trace of roughness, |
Phoen 27. |
wridað
under
wolcnum
||
wynnum
geblowen
wrīdaþ
under
wolcnum,
||
wynnum
ġe·blōwen.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VP || Nts hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
but that noble field blossoms under the clouds blooming with joys. |
Phoen 28. |
is
ðæt
torhte
lond
||
twelfum
herra
Is
þæt
torhte
land
||
twelfum
hīerra,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || AA hs: t, aa: X |
That bright land and region is twelve fathoms higher, |
Phoen 29. |
folde
fæðmrimes
||
swa
us
gefreogum
gleawe
folde
fæðm-rīmes,
||
swā
ūs
ġe·frēoĝum
glēawe
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || d2c xxx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 xxx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NNg || NtA hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
as those clever in learning, wise ones in their wisdom, |
Phoen 30. |
witgan
ðurh
wisdom
||
on
gewritum
cyðað
wītĝan
þurh
wīsdōm
||
on
ġe·writum
cȳðaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Ssx Syntax: NP || PV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
tell us in their writings, |
Phoen 31. |
ðonne
ænig
ðara
beorga
||
ðe
her
beorhte
mid
us
þonne
ǣniġ
þāra
beorĝa
||
þe
hēr
beorhte
mid
ūs
Bliss Scansion: a1f xxxxxxSx || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxxxx / x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: ANg || AP hs: b, aa: Q |
than any of the gleaming mountains |
Phoen 32. |
hea
hlifiað
||
under
heofontunglum
hēa
hlifiaþ
||
under
heofon-tunglum.
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || d2b xx~+sx Sievers Scansion: D2 / | / ~ x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxx || xx/Ssx Syntax: AV || NC hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
that here among us tower high under the stars of heaven. |
Phoen 33. |
smylte
is
se
sigewong
||
sunbearo
lixeð
Smylte
is
sē
siġe-wang;
||
sun-bearo
lixeþ,
Bliss Scansion: N/A Sx|xx~+s || 2A3a S~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A2b / xxx | ~+ \ || N/A / ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || Ss/Sx Syntax: AvN || NV hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
That victory-plain is calm, the sun-grove gleams, |
Phoen 34. |
wuduholt
wynlic
||
wæstmas
ne
dreosað
wudu-holt
wynliċ.
||
Wæstmas
ne
drēosaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A3a ~+s|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A2a ~+ \ | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NA || NV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
the joyful wood, fruits do not fall, bright crops, |
Phoen 35. |
beorhte
blede
||
ac
ða
beamas
a
beorhte
blǣde,
||
ac
þā
bēamas
ā
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || Na hs: b, lab: b, aa: D, da: D |
but those trees stand ever green, |
Phoen 36. |
grene
stondað
||
swa
him
god
bibead
grēne
standaþ,
||
swā
him
god
be·bēad.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2B1b xx$|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AV || NV hs: g, lab: b, aa: 1 |
just as God commanded them. |
Phoen 37. |
wintres
ond
sumeres
||
wudu
bið
gelice
Wintres
and
sumeres
||
wudu
biþ
ġe·līċe
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|x~+x || 1A1b ~+|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | ~+ x || N/A ~+ xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || Nva hs: w, aa: 1 |
Winter and summer alike, |
Phoen 38. |
bledum
gehongen
||
næfre
brosniað
blǣdum
ġe·hangen;
||
nǣfre
brosniaþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxx Syntax: Nts || aV hs: b, aa: Q |
the wood is hung with crops; |
Phoen 39. |
leaf
under
lyfte
||
ne
him
lig
sceðeð
leaf
under
lyfte,
||
ne
him
līeġ
sċieðeþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xxSx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NP || NV hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
never a leaf withers under the sky, |
Phoen 40. |
æfre
to
ealdre
||
ærðon
edwenden
ǣfre
tō
ealdre,
||
ær·þon
ed-wenden
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: aP || NC hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
nor does fire ever at all harm them, |
Phoen 41. |
worulde
geweorðe
||
swa
iu
wætres
ðrym
weorolde
ġe·weorðe.
||
Swā
ġō
wæteres
þrymm
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a ~+x|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NV || NgN hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
before a change comes on the world. |
Phoen 42. |
ealne
middangeard
||
mereflod
ðeahte
ealne
middan-ġeard
||
mere-flōd
þeahte,
Bliss Scansion: d5b xxSxs || 2A3a ~+s|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A ~+ \ | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Ss/Sx Syntax: AN || NV hs: m, aa: 2 |
Just as long ago the power of water, |
Phoen 43. |
eorðan
ymbhwyrft
||
ða
se
æðela
wong
eorðan
ymb-hwyrft,
||
þā
sē
æðela
wang,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || AN hs: V, ca: V, aa: D, da: D |
a sea-flood covered the whole world, |
Phoen 44. |
æghwæs
onsund
||
wið
yðfare
ǣġhwæs
ansund,
||
wiþ
ȳþ-fare
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Ssx Syntax: NgA || NC hs: V, ca: V, aa: D, da: D |
the earth’s expanse, that noble plain was entirely unharmed |
Phoen 45. |
gehealden
stod
||
hreora
wæga
ġe·healden
stōd
||
hrēora
wǣġa,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: sV || AN hs: h, aa: 1 |
against the watery onslaught of the cruel waves; |
Phoen 46. |
eadig
unwemme
||
ðurh
est
godes
ēadiġ,
unwemme,
||
þurh
ēst
godes;
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 2C2a xS|~x Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: AA || NNg hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
it stood kept blessed and sullied by the grace of God, |
Phoen 47. |
bideð
swa
geblowen
||
oð
bæles
cyme
bīdeþ
swā
ġe·blōwen
||
oþ
bǣles
cyme,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 3B1a xSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || 0 x / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Vs || NgN hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
and abides so blooming till the coming of flame, |
Phoen 48. |
dryhtnes
domes
||
ðonne
deaðræced
dryhtnes
dōmes,
||
þonne
dēað-reċed,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || d3b xxS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NC hs: d, aa: D, da: D |
the Lord’s judgement ,when the death-beds, |
Phoen 49. |
hæleða
heolstorcofan
||
onhliden
weorðað
hæleþa
heolstor-cofan,
||
on·hliden
weorðaþ.
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 ~+x|Ssx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*2 ~+ x | / ~ x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || sV hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
the dark vaults of men come to be opened. |
Phoen 50. |
nis
ðær
on
ðam
londe
||
laðgeniðla
Nis
ðǣr
on
þām
lande
||
lāþ-ġe·nīðla,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aP || NC hs: l, law: n, aa: 2, bcp: 1A1 |
There is not there in that land any hateful foe: |
Phoen 51. |
ne
wop
ne
wracu
||
weatacen
nan
ne
wōp
ne
wracu,
||
wēa-tācen
nan,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xS|x~+ || 300 Ssx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x ~+ || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Ssx/S Syntax: NcN || NA hs: w, law: n, aa: D, da: D |
neither weeping nor grief, no token of woe, |
Phoen 52. |
yldu
ne
yrmðu
||
ne
se
enga
deað
ieldu
ne
iermþu
||
ne
sē
enga
dēaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || AN hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
old age or grimness, nor narrow death, |
Phoen 53. |
ne
lifes
lyre
||
ne
laðes
cyme
ne
līfes
lyre,
||
ne
lāðes
cyme,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|~+ || 3B1a xSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x ~+ || 0 x / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || AgN hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
nor loss of life, nor coming of hatred, |
Phoen 54. |
ne
synn
ne
sacu
||
ne
sarwracu
ne
synn
ne
sacu
||
ne
sār-wracu,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xS|x~+ || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x ~+ || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: NcN || NC hs: s, las: w, lab: s, ia: s, aa: D, da: D |
nor sin nor strife, nor sorrowful grief, |
Phoen 55. |
ne
wædle
gewin
||
ne
welan
onsyn
ne
wǣdle
ġe·winn,
||
ne
welan
ansīen,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSx|x$ || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx / || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: w, las: w, lab: s, ia: w, aa: D, da: D |
nor the struggle of poverty nor the want of wealth, |
Phoen 56. |
ne
sorg
ne
slæp
||
ne
swar
leger
ne
sorh
ne
slǣp
||
ne
swǣr
leġer,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1a xS|xS || 2C2a xS|~x Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: NcN || AN hs: s, ia: s, aa: D, da: D |
nor sorrow nor sleep, nor chronic disease, |
Phoen 57. |
ne
wintergeweorp
||
ne
wedra
gebregd
ne
winter-ġe·weorp,
||
ne
wedera
ġe·breġd,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSxs || 2B1a xSx|xS Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || x/Sxxs Syntax: NC || NgN hs: w, ia: w, aa: D, da: D |
nor winter-squalls nor the flurry of storms |
Phoen 58. |
hreoh
under
heofonum
||
ne
se
hearda
forst
hrēoh
under
heofonum,
||
ne
sē
hearda
forst,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xx~+x || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | ~+ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AP || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
harsh under the heavens, nor does the hard frost, |
Phoen 59. |
caldum
cylegicelum
||
cnyseð
ænigne
ċealdum
ċiele-ġiċelum,
||
cnyseþ
ǣniġne.
Bliss Scansion: N/A Sx|~+~+x || 1D1 ~+|Sxx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | ~+ ~+ x || N/A ~+ | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || S/Ssx Syntax: AN || VA hs: c, aa: D, da: D |
with cold chill icicles batter anyone; |
Phoen 60. |
ðær
ne
hægl
ne
hrim
||
hreosað
to
foldan
Þǣr
ne
hæġl
ne
hrīm
||
hrēosaþ
tō
foldan,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1b xxS|xS || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | x / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || VP hs: h, ac: hr, law: f, aa: D |
there, neither hail nor rime drops to the ground, |
Phoen 61. |
ne
windig
wolcen
||
ne
ðær
wæter
fealleð
ne
windiġ
wolcen,
||
ne
ðǣr
wæter
fealleþ,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || NV hs: w, law: f, aa: D, da: D |
nor windy cloud, nor does water fall there, |
Phoen 62. |
lyfte
gebysgad
||
ac
ðær
lagustreamas
lyfte
ġe·bisiĝod,
||
ac
ðǣr
laĝu-strēamas,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || d2b xx~+sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NtA || NC hs: l, law: st, aa: 1 |
stirred by the breeze, but there water-streams, |
Phoen 63. |
wundrum
wrætlice
||
wyllan
onspringað
wundrum
wrætlīċe,
||
willan
on·springaþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NtA || NV hs: w, law: sp, aa: D, da: D |
wondrously adorned well from springs in beautiful rivulets. |
Phoen 64. |
fægrum
flodwylmum
||
foldan
leccað
fæġerum
flōd-wielmum%.
||
Foldan
leċċaþ
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 56, verso, Manuscript line: 16-17, Change by: editor, Metathesis: l/o. Reading emended: flodwylmum Original reading: fold wyl mum Syntax: AN || NV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
Delightful trickles water the land from the midst of the wood, |
Phoen 65. |
wæter
wynsumu
||
of
ðæs
wuda
midle
wæter
wynsumu
||
of
þæs
wuda
middle;
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 ~+|Sxx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: D2 ~+ | / ~ x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NA || NgN hs: w, las: m, aa: D, da: D |
every month bursts forth, sea-cold from the soil’s turf, |
Phoen 66. |
ða
monða
gehwam
||
of
ðære
moldan
tyrf
þā
mōnþa
ġe·hwǣm
||
of
ðǣre
moldan
turf
Bliss Scansion: 2B1a xSx|xS || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx / || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: m, las: m, aa: 1 |
and passes through entire grove in powerful spurts. |
Phoen 67. |
brimcald
brecað
||
bearo
ealne
geondfarað
brim-ċeald
brecaþ,
||
bearu
ealne
ġeond·faraþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1 Ss|~x || N/A ~+|Sxx~+ Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | ~ x || N/A ~+ | / xx ~+ Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: AV || NAV hs: b, ac: br, aca: br, acc: br, lab: b, aa: D, da: D |
It is the bidding of the prince that twelve times |
Phoen 68. |
ðragum
ðrymlice
||
is
ðæt
ðeodnes
gebod
þrāĝum
þrymlīċe.
||
Is
þæt
þēodnes
ġe·bod,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 3B*1b xxSx|x$ Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxxs Syntax: Nta || NgN hs: þ, ac: þr, aca: þr, lab: b, aa: D, da: D |
the joy of watery-floods should eddy |
Phoen 69. |
ðætte
twelf
siðum
||
ðæt
tirfæste
þætte
twelf
sīðum
||
þæt
tīrfæste
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xxS|Sx || d2a xSsx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || 0 x / | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || AC hs: t, aa: 1 |
through that glorious land. Those groves are hung with crops, |
Phoen 70. |
lond
geondlace
||
lagufloda
wynn
land
ġeond·lāce
||
laĝu-flōda
wynn.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3 E2 ~+sx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A ~+ \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: NV || NgN hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
beautiful fruits. There never fail there at all, |
Phoen 71. |
sindon
ða
bearwas
||
bledum
gehongne
Sindon
þā
bearwas
||
blǣdum
ġe·hangne%,
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 56, verso, Manuscript line: 22, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: gehongne Original reading: gehongẹne Syntax: VN || Nts hs: b, aa: 2 |
the wood’s adornments, holy under the heavens, |
Phoen 72. |
wlitigum
wæstmum
||
ðær
no
waniað
o
wlitiĝum
wæstmum,
||
ðǣr
nā
waniaþ%
ā,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a ~+x|Sx || 3B1b xx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 56, verso, Manuscript line: 22, Change by: editor. Reading emended: waniað Original reading: wuniað Translitteratio: a/u Syntax: AN || Va hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
nor do there fall there fallow blossoms, |
Phoen 73. |
halge
under
heofonum
||
holtes
frætwe
hālġe
under
heofonum,
||
holtes
frætwe.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xx~+x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | ~+ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AP || NgN hs: h, las: f, aa: D, da: D |
the beauty of the forest-trees, but there marvelously |
Phoen 74. |
ne
feallað
ðær
on
foldan
||
fealwe
blostman
Ne
feallaþ
ðǣr
on
foldan
||
fealwe
blōstman,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSx|xxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 x / xxx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VP || AN hs: f, las: f, aa: D, da: D |
the continually laden branches on those trees, |
Phoen 75. |
wudubeama
wlite
||
ac
ðær
wrætlice
wudu-bēama
wlite,
||
ac
ðǣr
wrætlīċe
Bliss Scansion: 300 ~+sx|~+ || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: E ~+ \ x | ~+ || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || aa hs: w, aa: Q, da: D |
with ever-new vegetation |
Phoen 76. |
on
ðam
treowum
symle
||
telgan
gehladene
on
þām
trēowum
simle
||
telĝan
ġe·hladene,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|x~+x Sievers Scansion: hA1 xx / x | / x || N/A / xx | ~+ x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: Pa || Ns hs: t, lab: t, aa: 1 |
for all time on the grassy plain |
Phoen 77. |
ofett
edniwe
||
in
ealle
tid
ofett
ed-nīewe,
||
on
ealle
tīd
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 ~+|Sxx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | / \ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || AN hs: V, lab: t, aa: D, da: D |
stand green, fairly adorned, |
Phoen 78. |
on
ðam
græswonge
||
grene
stondað
on
þām
græs-wange
||
grēne
standaþ,
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || AV hs: g, ac: gr, aa: 1 |
through the powers of the Holy one, the brightest of groves. |
Phoen 79. |
gehroden
hyhtlice
||
haliges
meahtum
ġe·hroden
hyhtlīċe
||
hālġes
meahtum,
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 x~+|Sxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 x ~+ | / \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: sa || AgN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
Nor does the wood become marred in appearance. |
Phoen 80. |
beorhtast
bearwa
||
no
gebrocen
weorðeð
beorhtost
bearwa.
||
No
ġe·brocen
weorðeþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: ANg || sV hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
There a holy perfume remains |
Phoen 81. |
holt
on
hiwe
||
ðær
se
halga
stenc
holt
on
hīewe,
||
ðǣr
sē
hālĝa
stenċ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NP || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
throughout the joyous land. |
Phoen 82. |
wunað
geond
wynlond
||
ðæt
onwended
ne
bið
wunaþ
ġond
wynn-land;
||
þæt
on·wended
ne
biþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A2a ~+|xSs || 3B*1b xxSx|x$ Sievers Scansion: A2b ~+ x | / \ || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxxs Syntax: VP || sV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
That will never be changed at all until the wise one |
Phoen 83. |
æfre
to
ealdre
||
ærðon
endige
ǣfre
tō
ealdre,
||
ær·þon
endie
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxx Syntax: aP || aV hs: V, aa: Q, da: D |
who at the beginning created |
Phoen 84. |
frod
fyrngeweorc
||
se
hit
on
frymðe
gescop
frōd
fyrn-ġe·weorc
||
sē
hit
on
frymþe
ġe·sċōp.
Bliss Scansion: 1D4 S|Sxs || 3B*1c xxxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: D4 / | / x \ || 0 xxx / | xx / Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || x/Sxxs Syntax: AN || PV hs: f, ac: fr, acc: fr, lab: f, aa: D, da: D |
this ancient work brings it to an end. |
Phoen 85. |
ðone
wudu
weardað
||
wundrum
fæger
Þone
wudu
weardaþ
||
wundrum
fǣġer
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx~+|Sx || 2A1b Sx|~x Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || N/A / x | ~ x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NV || NtA hs: w, las: f, lab: f, aa: D, da: D |
A bird wondrous fair, strong in feathers, |
Phoen 86. |
fugel
feðrum
strong
||
se
is
fenix
haten
fuĝol
feðerum
strang,
||
sē
is
fenix
hāten.
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || 3B1b xxSx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || 0 xx / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || p Syntax: NA || Ns hs: f, las: f, law: h, aa: D, da: D |
inhabits that wood; it is called the phoenix. |
Phoen 87. |
ðær
se
anhaga
||
eard
bihealdeð
Þǣr
sē
ān-haĝa
||
eard
be·healdeþ,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NV hs: V, law: h, xa: VhVh, aa: Q |
There that unique creature keeps its dwelling-place, |
Phoen 88. |
deormod
drohtað
||
næfre
him
deað
sceðeð
dēor-mōd
drohtaþ;
||
nǣfre
him
dēaþ
sċieðeþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Ss|Sx || 2C2c xxxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | / x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || NV hs: d, law: sc, aa: D, da: D |
the bold one its abode; |
Phoen 89. |
on
ðam
willwonge
||
ðenden
woruld
stondeð
on
þām
will-wange,
||
þenden
weorold
standeþ.
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NC || NV hs: w, law: st, aa: D, da: D |
death never harms him in that joyful plain, |
Phoen 90. |
se
sceal
ðære
sunnan
||
sið
behealdan
Sē
sċeall
ðǣre
sunnan
||
sīþ
be·healdan
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: dN || NI hs: s, aa: D |
as long as the world lasts. |
Phoen 91. |
ond
ongean
cuman
||
godes
condelle
and
on·ġēan
cuman
||
godes
candelle,
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xxS|~x || 1D1 ~+|Sxx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A ~+ | / \ x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || p Syntax: pI || NgN hs: g, ca: g, xa: gcgc, aa: Q |
He shall behold the course of the sun, |
Phoen 92. |
glædum
gimme
||
georne
bewitigan
glǣdum
ġimme,
||
ġeorne
be·witian,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1 ~x|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|x~+x Sievers Scansion: N/A ~ x | / x || N/A / xx | ~+ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || aI hs: g, ca: g, aa: D, da: D |
and to come to face God’s candle, that bright gem, |
Phoen 93. |
hwonne
up
cyme
||
æðelast
tungla
hwonne
up
cyme
||
æðelost
tungla
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xx$|~x || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aV || ANg hs: V, ca: V, aa: 1 |
eagerly to witness when the noblest of stars comes up, |
Phoen 94. |
ofer
yðmere
||
estan
lixan
ofer
ȳþ-mere
||
ēstan
līexan,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || aI hs: V, ca: V, aa: D |
shining from the east over the waves of the sea, |
Phoen 95. |
fæder
fyrngeweorc
||
frætwum
blican
fæder
fyrnġeweorc
||
frætwum
blīcan,
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NI hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
the ancient work of the father, gleaming with ornaments, |
Phoen 96. |
torht
tacen
godes
||
tungol
beoð
ahyded
torht
tācen
godes.
||
Tungol
bēoþ
ā·hȳded,
Bliss Scansion: 1D3 S|S~x || 1A*1b Sx|xxSx Sievers Scansion: D2 / | / ~ x || N/A / xxx | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: NNg || Nvs hs: t, aa: 1, da: D |
the bright token of God. The stars are hidden, |
Phoen 97. |
gewiten
under
waðeman
||
westdælas
on
ġe·witen
under
waðuman
||
west-dǣlas
inn,
Bliss Scansion: N/A x~+|xx~+x || 300 Ssx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 x ~+ xx | ~+ x || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: sP || Np hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
vanished under the waves in the regions of the west, |
Phoen 98. |
bideglad
on
dægred
||
ond
seo
deorce
niht
be·dīeglod
on
dæġ-red
||
and
sēo
deorce
niht
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a xSx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A2b x / xx | / \ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxs Syntax: sP || AN hs: d, aa: 2, da: D |
hidden in the dawning, |
Phoen 99. |
won
gewiteð
||
ðonne
waðum
strong
wann
ġe·wīteþ;
||
þonne
wāðum
strang
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a $|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NV || NtA hs: w, law: st, aa: D, da: D |
and the dark night has blackly vanished. |
Phoen 100. |
fugel
feðrum
wlonc
||
on
firgenstream
fuĝol
feðerum
wlanc
||
on
firġen-strēam
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || N/A xSxs Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || NC hs: f, law: st, aa: D, da: D |
Then, strong in flight, |
Phoen 101. |
under
lyft
ofer
lagu
||
locað
georne
under
lyft,
ofer
laĝu
||
locaþ
ġeorne,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xxS|xx~+ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | xx ~+ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: PP || Va hs: l, law: g, aa: D, da: D |
the bird proud in its feathers, |
Phoen 102. |
hwonne
up
cyme
||
eastan
glidan
hwonne
up
cyme
||
ēastan
glīdan
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xx$|~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aV || aI hs: V, law: g, aa: 1 |
looks eagerly to the ocean-stream, |
Phoen 103. |
ofer
sidne
sæ
||
swegles
leoma
ofer
sīdne%
sǣ
||
sweġles
lēoma.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 57, recto, Manuscript line: 20, Change by: editor. Reading emended: sidne Original reading: siðne Translitteratio: d/ð Syntax: AN || NgN hs: s, lab: s, aa: D, da: D |
across the waters under the sky, |
Phoen 104. |
swa
se
æðela
fugel
||
æt
ðam
æspringe
Swā
sē
æðela
fuĝol
||
æt
þām
ǣ-springe
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xx~+x|~+ || d2b xxSsx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx ~+ | x ~+ || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || NC hs: V, law: sp, lab: sp, aa: 1 |
for when heaven’s gleam will come gliding up |
Phoen 105. |
wlitigfæst
wunað
||
wyllestreamas
wlitiġfæst
wunaþ
||
wielle-strēamas,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1b ~+x|~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A2a ~+ \ | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AV || NC hs: w, law: st, aa: D, da: D, bcp: 2A1 |
from the east over the broad sea; |
Phoen 106. |
ðær
se
tireadga
||
twelf
siðum
hine
ðǣr
sē
tīr-ēadĝa
||
twelf
sīðum
hine
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || N/A S|Sx~+ Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / | / x ~+ Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Ssx/S Syntax: AC || ANi hs: t, aa: 1 |
just so that noble bird, firm in beauty, |
Phoen 107. |
bibaðað
in
ðam
burnan
||
ær
ðæs
beacnes
cyme
be·baðaþ
on
þām
burnan
||
ǣr
þæs
bēacnes
cyme,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b x~+|xxSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 x ~+ xx | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: VP || NgN hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
inhabits the welling streams at that watery spring. |
Phoen 108. |
sweglcondelle
||
ond
symle
swa
oft
sweġel-candelle%
||
and
simle
swā
oft
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 2B1a xSx|xS Sievers Scansion: D1 / | / \ x || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: p || x/Sxxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 57, verso, Manuscript line: 1, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: sweglcondelle Original reading: sweglcondelle Syntax: NC || aa hs: s, lab: s, aa: 1, acp: 1D1 |
There the glory-blessed creature bathes himself twelve times |
Phoen 109. |
of
ðam
wilsuman
||
wyllgespryngum
of
þām
wilsuman
||
wiell-ġe·spryngum
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: dA || NC hs: w, lab: spw, aa: 2, da: D, bcp: 1A1 |
in the stream before the coming of that beacon, |
Phoen 110. |
brimcald
beorgeð
||
æt
baða
gehwylcum
brim-ċeald
beorĝeþ
||
æt
baða
ġe·hwelcum.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Ss|Sx || 1A1a x~+|xSx Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | / x || 0 x ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AV || NgA hs: b, lab: hw, aa: D, da: D |
the sky-candle, and just as often sips at every bathing |
Phoen 111. |
siððan
hine
sylfne
||
æfter
sundplegan
Siþþan
hine
selfne
||
aefter
sund-pleĝan
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || d3b xxS~x Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: aA || NC hs: s, aa: D |
the sea-cold water from the splendid well-springs. |
Phoen 112. |
heahmod
hefeð
||
on
heanne
beam
hēah-mōd
hefeþ
||
on
hēanne
bēam,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1 Ss|~x || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | ~ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AV || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
Then after playing in the water, |
Phoen 113. |
ðonan
yðast
mæg
||
on
eastwegum
þonan
īeðost
mæġ
||
on
ēast-weĝum
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|$ || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: aV || NC hs: V, aa: 1 |
with soaring heart he rises to a high tree, |
Phoen 114. |
sið
bihealdan
||
hwonne
swegles
tapur
sīþ
be·healdan,
||
hwonne
sweġles
tapor
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NI || NgN hs: s, aa: 1 |
from where he can most easily observe the course on eastern paths |
Phoen 115. |
ofer
holmðræce
||
hædre
blice
ofer
holm-þræce%
||
hādre
blīce,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 57, verso, Manuscript line: 6, Change by: editor. Reading emended: holmþræce Original reading: holmwræce Translitteratio: þ/ƿ Syntax: NC || aV hs: h, aa: 1 |
when the sky’s taper, the lamp of light, |
Phoen 116. |
leohtes
leoma
||
lond
beoð
gefrætwad
lēohtes
lēoma.
||
Land
bēoþ
ġe·frætwod,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || Nvs hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
brightly shines over the surge of the sea. |
Phoen 117. |
woruld
gewlitegad
||
siððan
wuldres
gim
weorold
ġe·wliteĝod,
||
siþþan
wuldres
ġimm
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|x~+x || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | ~+ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: Ns || NgN hs: w, las: g, aa: D, da: D |
The lands are adorned, the world made fair, |
Phoen 118. |
ofer
geofones
gong
||
grund
gescineð
ofer
ġeofenes
gang
||
grund
ġe·sċīeneþ
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xx~+x|S || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx ~+ | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NV hs: g, las: g, aa: D, da: D |
after the gem of glory lights up the ground across the surface of the ocean, |
Phoen 119. |
geond
middangeard
||
mærost
tungla
ġond
middan-ġeard,
||
mǣrost
tungla.
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSxs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || ANg hs: m, aa: 1 |
throughout the world, the most magnificent of stars. |
Phoen 120. |
sona
swa
seo
sunne
||
sealte
streamas
Sōna
swā
sēo
sunne
||
sealte
strēamas
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aN || AN hs: s, aa: D |
As soon as the sun towers |
Phoen 121. |
hea
oferhlifað
||
swa
se
haswa
fugel
hēa
ofer·hlīfaþ,
||
swā
sē
haswa
fuĝol
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xxSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AV || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
high over the salty streams, |
Phoen 122. |
beorht
of
ðæs
bearwes
||
beame
gewiteð
beorht
of
þæs
bearwes
||
bēame
ġe·wīteþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AP || NV hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
the pale bird, bright, departs from the tree of the grove, |
Phoen 123. |
fareð
feðrum
snell
||
flyhte
on
lyfte
fareþ
feðerum
snell
||
flyhte
on
lyfte,
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NtA || NP hs: f, aa: 1, da: D |
passes swift in feathers, flying in the air, |
Phoen 124. |
swinsað
ond
singeð
||
swegle
togeanes
swinsaþ
and
singeþ
||
sweġle
tō·ġēanes%.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 57, verso, Manuscript line: 12, Change by: editor. Reading emended: togeanes Original reading: to heanes Translitteratio: g/h Syntax: VcV || Na hs: s, ac: sw, aa: D, da: D |
whistles and sings up the sky. |
Phoen 125. |
ðonne
bið
swa
fæger
||
fugles
gebæru
Þonne
biþ
swā
fǣġer
||
fuĝoles
ġe·bǣru,
Bliss Scansion: e1c xxx~x || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aA || NgN hs: f, las: b, aa: 2 |
Then the bird’s bearing is so fair, |
Phoen 126. |
onbryrded
breostsefa
||
blissum
hremig
on·bryrded
brēost-sefa,
||
blissum
hrēmiġ%;
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSx|S~+ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*2 x / x | / ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 57, verso, Manuscript line: 13, Change by: editor. Reading emended: hremig Original reading: remig Syntax: sN || NtA hs: b, ac: br, aca: br, las: b, aa: D, da: D |
so inspired its heart, exulting in bliss; |
Phoen 127. |
wrixleð
woðcræfte
||
wundorlicor
wrixleþ
wōþ-cræfte
||
wundorlīcor
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || aU hs: w, aa: 1, da: D, bcp: 2A1 |
he modulates his song-craft |
Phoen 128. |
beorhtan
reorde
||
ðonne
æfre
byre
monnes
beorhtan
reorde,
||
þonne
ǣfre
byre
mannes
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1d xxxx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xxxx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: AN || NNg hs: b, aa: 1 |
more wondrously, his bright voice, |
Phoen 129. |
hyrde
under
heofonum
||
siððan
heahcyning
hīerde
under
heofonum,
||
siþþan
hēah-cyning,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xx~+x || d3b xxS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | ~+ x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NP || NC hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
than any son of man ever heard under the heavens, |
Phoen 130. |
wuldres
wyrhta
||
woruld
staðelode
wuldres
wyrhta,
||
weorold
staðolode,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1D1 ~+|~+xx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A ~+ | ~+ ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || S/Sxx Syntax: NgN || NV hs: w, law: st, aa: D, da: D |
since the high king, the creator of glory, |
Phoen 131. |
heofon
ond
eorðan
||
bið
ðæs
hleoðres
sweg
heofon
and
eorðan.
||
Biþ
þæs
hlēoðres
swēġ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || NgN hs: h, las: s, law: s, aa: 1 |
established the world, heaven and earth. |
Phoen 132. |
eallum
songcræftum
||
swetra
ond
wlitigra
eallum
sang-cræftum
||
swētra
and
wlitiġra
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 1A*1a Sx|x~+x Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / xx | ~+ x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || AcA hs: s, las: sw, law: w, aa: 2 |
The sound of that song is sweeter and more lovely |
Phoen 133. |
ond
wynsumra
||
wrenca
gehwylcum
and
wynsumra%
||
wrenca
ġe·hwelcum.
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 57, verso, Manuscript line: 17, Change by: scribe, editor. Reading emended: wynsumra Original reading: w^y^insumra Syntax: AC || NgA hs: w, las: w, law: hw, aa: 1 |
and more joyous than any melody; |
Phoen 134. |
ne
magon
ðam
breahtme
||
byman
ne
hornas
Ne
maĝon
þām
breahtme
||
bīeman
ne
hornas,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VN || NcN hs: b, las: h, law: h, aa: 2 |
no trumpets nor horns nor sound of harp, |
Phoen 135. |
ne
hearpan
hlyn
||
ne
hæleða
stefn
ne
hearpan
hlynn,
||
ne
hæleþa
stefn
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|$ || 3B1a x~+x|S Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 x ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: h, las: h, aa: D, da: D |
nor voice of any man on earth, |
Phoen 136. |
ænges
on
eorðan
||
ne
organan
ǣnġes
on
eorðan,
||
ne
organan,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || d1a xSxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || p Syntax: AP || NC hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
nor the music of an organ’s melody, |
Phoen 137. |
sweghleoðres
geswin
||
ne
swanes
feðre
swēġ-hleoþres%
ġe·swinn,
||
ne
swanes
feðere,
Bliss Scansion: 3E*1 Ssx|xS || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | / || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || x/Ssx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 57, verso, Manuscript line: 20, Change by: editor. Reading emended: sweghleoþres Original reading: sweg leoþres Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: s, ac: sw, aca: sw, acb: sw, lab: s, aa: D, da: D |
nor swan’s feather, nor any of the joys |
Phoen 138. |
ne
ænig
ðara
dreama
||
ðe
dryhten
gescop
ne
ǣniġ
þāra
drēama
||
þe
drihten
ġe·sċōp
Bliss Scansion: a1e xxxxxSx || 2B1a xSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxxx / x || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: ANg || NV hs: d, ac: dr, lab: sc, aa: 2 |
which the Lord created for man |
Phoen 139. |
gumum
to
gliwe
||
in
ðas
geomran
woruld
gumum
tō
glēowe
||
on
þās
ġōmran
weorold.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 x / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NP || AN hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
in this miserable world match that reverberation. |
Phoen 140. |
singeð
swa
ond
swinsað
||
sælum
geblissad
Singeþ
swā
and
swinsaþ
||
sǣlum
ġe·blissod,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VcV || Nts hs: s, ca: s, aa: D, da: D |
So he sings and whistles, blissfully happy, |
Phoen 141. |
oððæt
seo
sunne
||
on
suðrodor
oþ·þæt
sēo
sunne
||
on
sūð-rodor
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: dV || NC hs: s, ca: s, aa: D |
until the sun has sunk into the southern sky; |
Phoen 142. |
sæged
weorðeð
||
ðonne
swiað
he
sǣġed
weorðeþ.
||
Þonne
swīĝaþ
hē
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: sV || Vi hs: s, ca: s, las: h, aa: 1 |
then he falls silent and takes to listening, |
Phoen 143. |
ond
hlyst
gefeð
||
heafde
onbrygdeð
and
hlyst
ġe·fēþ,
||
heafde
on·brygdeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1a xS|xS || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NV || NV hs: h, las: h, aa: 1 |
moves its head, bold, wise in thought, |
Phoen 144. |
ðrist
ðonces
gleaw
||
ond
ðriwa
ascæceð
þrīst,
þances
glēaw
||
and
þrīwa
ā·sċæceþ
Bliss Scansion: 1D4 S|Sxs || N/A x~+|x~+ Sievers Scansion: D4 / | / x \ || 0 x ~+ | x ~+ Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AA || aV hs: þ, ac: þr, law: sc, aa: D, da: D |
and thrice shakes his feathers swift in flight; |
Phoen 145. |
feðre
flyhthwate
||
fugol
bið
geswiged
feðere
flyht-hwate;
||
fuĝol
biþ
ġe·swīġed.
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 1A1b ~+|xxSx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A ~+ xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NA || Nvs hs: f, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
the bird is quieted. Continually, |
Phoen 146. |
symle
he
twelf
siðum
||
tida
gemearcað
Simle
hē
twelf
sīðum
||
tīda
ġe·mearcaþ
Bliss Scansion: 2C1c xxxS|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 xxx / | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NV hs: t, aa: 1 |
twelve times, he marks off the hours, |
Phoen 147. |
dæges
ond
nihtes
||
swa
gedemed
is
dæġes
and
nihtes.
||
Swā
ġe·dēmed
is
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || sV hs: d, aa: 1 |
day and night. So it is ordained |
Phoen 148. |
bearwes
bigengan
||
ðæt
he
ðær
brucan
mot
bearwes
be·genġan%,
||
þæt
hē
ðǣr
brūcan
mōt
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, recto, Manuscript line: 5, Change by: editor. Reading emended: bigengan Original reading: bigenga Syntax: NgN || IV hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
for the inhabitant of the grove that he may be permitted |
Phoen 149. |
wonges
mid
willum
||
ond
welan
neotan
wanges
mid
willum
||
and
welan
nēotan,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NP || NI hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
to make use of the plain as he wishes, |
Phoen 150. |
lifes
ond
lissa
||
londes
frætwa
līfes
and
lissa,
||
landes
frætwa,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || NgN hs: l, lab: l, aa: D, da: D |
and enjoy wealth, life, and happiness, |
Phoen 151. |
oððæt
he
ðusende
||
ðisses
lifes
oþ·þæt
hē
þūsende
||
þisses
līfes,
Bliss Scansion: d1c xxxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xxx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iN || dN hs: þ, lab: l, aa: 2 |
the land’s plenty, until the guardian of the wood-grove |
Phoen 152. |
wudubearwes
weard
||
wintra
gebideð
wudu-bearwes
weard,
||
wintra
ġe·bīdeþ.
Bliss Scansion: 3 E2 ~+sx|S || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: E ~+ \ x | / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NV hs: w, xa: wbwwb, aa: D, da: D |
has passed a thousand years of this life. |
Phoen 153. |
ðonne
bið
gehefgad
||
haswigfeðra
Þonne
biþ
ġe·hefiĝod
||
haswiġ-feðera,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: avs || AC hs: h, aa: 2, bcp: 2A1 |
Then the pale-feathered one, |
Phoen 154. |
gomol
gearum
frod
||
grene
eorðan
gamol,
ġēarum
frōd,
||
grēne%
eorðan
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, recto, Manuscript line: 9, Change by: editor. Reading emended: grene Original reading: rene Syntax: AA || AN hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
old, experienced in years, will be weighed down. |
Phoen 155. |
aflyhð
fugla
wyn
||
foldan
geblowene
ā·fliehþ,
fuĝla
wynn%,
||
foldan
ġe·blōwne,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xS|Sxs || N/A Sx|xSxx Sievers Scansion: D4 x / | / x \ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, recto, Manuscript line: 9-10, Change by: editor. Reading supplied: wyn Original reading: not in MS Syntax: NgN || Ns hs: f, aa: 1, da: D |
The joy of birds flies from the green earth, |
Phoen 156. |
ond
ðonne
geseceð
||
side
rice
and
þonne
ġe·sēċeþ
||
sīde%
rīċe
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, recto, Manuscript line: 10, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: side Original reading: side Translitteratio: d/ð Syntax: aV || AN hs: s, aa: 2 |
the blooming land, and seeks a broad kingdom of earth, |
Phoen 157. |
middangeardes
||
ðær
no
men
bugað
middan-ġeardes,
||
ðǣr
nā%
menn%
būĝaþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1b xx$|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | + Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, recto, Manuscript line: 11, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: no men Original reading: no men Translitteratio: a/e Syntax: NC || NV hs: m, aa: 1, acp: 2A1 |
where no men dwell, a land and homeland. |
Phoen 158. |
eard
ond
eðel
||
ðær
he
ealdordom
eard
and
ēðel.
||
Þǣr
hē
ealdor-dōm
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || d5b xxSxs Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || NC hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
There, pre-eminent, he take dominion |
Phoen 159. |
onfehð
foremihtig
||
ofer
fugla
cynn
on·fēhð
fore-mehtiġ
||
ofer
fuĝla
cynn,
Bliss Scansion: 1D2 xS|~+sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D1 x / | ~+ \ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || xx/Sxs Syntax: AC || NgN hs: f, aa: 1, da: D |
over the family of birds, exalted among his kind, |
Phoen 160. |
geðungen
on
ðeode
||
ond
ðrage
mid
him
ġe·þungen
on
þēode
||
and
þraĝe
mid
him
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a xSx|xSx || N/A xSx|x$ Sievers Scansion: A1 x / xx | / x || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: sP || NP hs: þ, aa: D, da: D |
and for a while inhabits the wasteland with them. |
Phoen 161. |
westen
weardað
||
ðonne
waðum
strong
wēsten
weardaþ.
||
Þonne
wāðum
strang
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NV || NtA hs: w, ca: w, aa: D, da: D |
Then, strong in flight, he heads west, |
Phoen 162. |
west
gewiteð
||
wintrum
gebysgad
west
ġe·wīteþ
||
wintrum
ġe·bisiĝod
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aV || Nts hs: w, ca: w, aa: D, da: D |
afflicted with years, flying swift-feathered. |
Phoen 163. |
fleogan
feðrum
snel
||
fuglas
ðringað
flēoĝan
feðerum
snell.
||
Fuĝlas
þringaþ
Bliss Scansion: 1D*5 Sx|Sxs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*4 / x | / x \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: IA || NV hs: f, aa: 1, da: D |
Birds throng round about the noble one; |
Phoen 164. |
utan
ymbe
æðelne
||
æghwylc
wille
ūtan
ymbe
æðelne;
||
ǣġhwelċ
wille
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xx~+x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | ~+ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aP || AV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
each will be thegn and servant to that famous prince, |
Phoen 165. |
wesan
ðegn
ond
ðeow
||
ðeodne
mærum
wesan
þeġn
and
þēow
||
þēodne
mǣrum,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1b xxS|xS || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || NA hs: þ, aa: D, da: D |
until they seek the land of the Syrians, |
Phoen 166. |
oððæt
hy
gesecað
||
syrwara
lond
oþ·þæt
hīe
ġe·sēċaþ
||
Sier-wara
land
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 3 E1 Sxx|S Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / ~ x | / Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || p Syntax: iV || NgN hs: s, aa: 2 |
in the greatest of hosts. There the pure bird |
Phoen 167. |
corðra
mæste
||
him
se
clæna
ðær
corðra
mǣste.
||
Him
sē
clǣna
ðǣr
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NgA || Aa hs: c, aa: 1 |
suddenly escapes them, |
Phoen 168. |
oðscufeð
scearplice
||
ðæt
he
in
scade
weardað
oþ·sċūfeþ
sċearplīċe,
||
þæt
hē
on
sċade
weardaþ,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSx|Sxx || d2c xxx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 x / x | / \ x || 0 xxx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: Va || PV hs: sc, las: w, lab: sc, aa: D, da: D |
so that he goes to live in shadow |
Phoen 169. |
on
wudubearwe
||
weste
stowe
on
wudu-bearwe,
||
weste
stōwe,
Bliss Scansion: d2a x~+sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || AN hs: w, las: w, lab: st, aa: 1 |
in a wooded grove, a desolate place, |
Phoen 170. |
biholene
ond
bihydde
||
hæleða
monegum
be·holene
and
be·hȳde
||
hæleþa
maniĝum.
Bliss Scansion: N/A x~+x|xxSx || 2A1a ~+x|~+x Sievers Scansion: A1 x ~+ xxx | / x || N/A ~+ x | ~+ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, recto, Manuscript line: 19, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: monegum Original reading: monegum Syntax: scs || NgA hs: h, ca: h, aa: D, da: D |
hidden and concealed from multitudes of men. |
Phoen 171. |
ðær
he
heanne
beam
||
on
holtwuda
Þǣr
hē
hēanne
bēam
||
on
holt-wuda%
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, recto, Manuscript line: 20, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: holtwuda Original reading: holtwuda Translitteratio: a/u Syntax: AN || NC hs: h, ca: h, las: w, aa: 1 |
There he inhabits and keeps to |
Phoen 172. |
wunað
ond
weardað
||
wyrtum
fæstne
wunaþ
and
weardaþ,
||
wyrtum
fæstne
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VcV || NtA hs: w, las: w, aa: D, da: D |
a lofty tree in the forest, |
Phoen 173. |
under
heofunhrofe
||
ðone
hatað
men
under
heofon-hrōfe%,
||
þone
hātaþ
menn
Bliss Scansion: d2b xx~+sx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || xx/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, recto, Manuscript line: 22, Change by: editor. Reading emended: heofunhrofe Original reading: heofum hrofe Translitteratio: m/n Syntax: NC || VN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
secure in roots under heaven’s roof, |
Phoen 174. |
fenix
on
foldan
||
of
ðæs
fugles
noman
Fenix
on
foldan,
||
of
þæs
fuĝoles
naman.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: p || x/Sxs Syntax: AP || NgN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
[a tree] that men call ‘phoenix’ after the name of the bird. |
Phoen 175. |
hafað
ðam
treowe
forgiefen
||
tirmeahtig
cyning
Hafaþ
þām
trēowe
for·ġiefen
||
tīr-mehtiġ
cyning,
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1c xxxSx|x~+ || 300 Ssx|~+ Sievers Scansion: B2 xxx / | xx ~+ || N/A / \ x | ~+ Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Ssx/S Syntax: Nts || AN hs: t, aa: 1 |
The king glorious in might, the lord of mankind, |
Phoen 176. |
meotud
moncynnes
||
mine
gefræge
metod
mann-cynnes,
||
mīne
ġe·frǣġe,
Bliss Scansion: 1D2 ~+|Ssx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | / \ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NNg || AN hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
has granted to that tree, as I have heard tell, |
Phoen 177. |
ðæt
se
ana
is
||
ealra
beama
þæt
sē
ana
is
||
ealra
bēama
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|$ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AV || AN hs: V, ca: V, aa: D, da: D |
that it alone is the brightest blooming |
Phoen 178. |
on
eorðwege
||
uplædendra
on
eorð-weġe
||
up-lǣdendra
Bliss Scansion: d3a xS~x || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || S/Ssx Syntax: NC || AC hs: V, ca: V, aa: 1, bcp: 1D1 |
of all trees spreading |
Phoen 179. |
beorhtast
geblowen
||
ne
mæg
him
bitres
wiht
beorhtost
ġe·blōwen;
||
ne
mæġ
him
biteres
wiht
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: as || AgN hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
upwards on earth. Nor can any bitter thing |
Phoen 180. |
scyldum
sceððan
||
ac
gescylded
a
sċieldum
sċieþþan,
||
ac
ġe·sċielded
ā
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NI || sa hs: sc, lab: sc, aa: D, da: D |
harm it wickedly, but it dwells for ever shielded |
Phoen 181. |
wunað
ungewyrded
||
ðenden
woruld
stondeð
wunaþ
un-ġe·wyrded,
||
þenden
weorold
standeþ.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b ~+|xxSx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: Vs || NV hs: w, ca: w, lab: st, aa: D, da: D |
and unharmed, while the world lasts. |
Phoen 182. |
ðonne
wind
ligeð
||
weder
bið
fæger
Þonne
wind
liġeþ,
||
weder
biþ
fǣġer,
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xxS|~x || N/A ~+|x~x Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A ~+ x | ~ x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NV || NvA hs: w, ca: w, aa: 1 |
When the wind dies down and the weather is fair, |
Phoen 183. |
hluttor
heofones
gim
||
halig
scineð
hlūtor
heofones
ġimm
||
hāliġ
sċīeneþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*5 Sx|~+xs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*4 / x | ~+ x \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || AV hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
the clear gem of heaven shines holy, |
Phoen 184. |
beoð
wolcen
towegen
||
wætra
ðryðe
bēoþ
wolcen
tō·weġen,
||
wætera
þrȳðe
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1a xSx|x~+ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx ~+ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: Ns || NgN hs: w, lab: w, aa: D, da: D |
the clouds are swept away, |
Phoen 185. |
stille
stondað
||
bið
storma
gehwylc
stille
standaþ,
||
biþ
storma
ġe·hwelċ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2B1a xSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: aV || NgA hs: st, lab: hw, aa: D, da: D |
the forces of the waters stand still, |
Phoen 186. |
aswefed
under
swegle
||
suðan
bliceð
ā·swefed
under
sweġle,
||
sūðan
blīceþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b x~+|xxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 x ~+ xx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: sP || aV hs: s, ac: sw, aca: sw, aa: D, da: D |
every storm is calmed under the sky, |
Phoen 187. |
wedercondel
wearm
||
weorodum
lyhteð
weder-candel
wearm,
||
weorodum
līehteþ,
Bliss Scansion: 3 E2 ~+sx|S || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: E ~+ \ x | / || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: NA || NV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
there gleams from the south the warm weather-candle, |
Phoen 188. |
ðonne
on
ðam
telgum
||
timbran
onginneð
þonne
on
þām
telĝum
||
timbran
on·ġinneþ,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aP || IV hs: t, aa: 2 |
sheds light on the bands of people, |
Phoen 189. |
nest
gearwian
||
bið
him
neod
micel
nest
ġearwian.
||
Biþ
him
nīed
miċel
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: D2 / | / ~ x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: S/Sxx || x/Ssx Syntax: NI || NA hs: n, law: m, aa: 1 |
then he begins to build in the branches, |
Phoen 190. |
ðæt
he
ða
yldu
||
ofestum
mote
þæt
hē
þā
ieldu
||
ofstum
mōte
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iN || NV hs: V, law: m, aa: 2 |
make ready the nest. A great need is upon him |
Phoen 191. |
ðurh
gewittes
wylm
||
wendan
to
life
þurh
ġe·wittes
wielm
||
wendan
tō
līfe,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || IP hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
through a surge of awareness that he may swiftly |
Phoen 192. |
feorg
geong
onfon
||
ðonne
feor
ond
neah
feorh
ġung
on·fōn.
||
Þonne
feorr
and
nēah
Bliss Scansion: 2E2a Ss|xS || 2B1b xx$|xS Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || xx/Sxs Syntax: NI || aca hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
turn that old age into life, |
Phoen 193. |
ða
swetestan
||
somnað
ond
gædrað
þā
swētostan
||
samnaþ
and
gadraþ
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: dN || VcV hs: s, aa: 2 |
take on a young spirit. Then far and near |
Phoen 194. |
wyrta
wynsume
||
ond
wudubleda
wyrta
wynsume
||
and
wudu-blēda
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || d2a x~+sx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NA || NC hs: w, lab: w, aa: D, da: D |
he gathers and collects lovely herbs |
Phoen 195. |
to
ðam
eardstede
||
æðelstenca
gehwone
tō
þām
eard-stede,
||
æðel-stenċa
ġe·hwone,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 3E*2 ~+sx|x~+ Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A ~+ \ xx | ~+ Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Ssx/S Syntax: NC || NgN hs: V, lab: hw, aa: 1 |
and forest fruits to the dwelling-place, |
Phoen 196. |
wyrta
wynsumra
||
ðe
wuldorcyning
wyrta
wynsumra,
||
þe
wuldor-cyning,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NA || NC hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
every one of those noble perfumes, |
Phoen 197. |
fæder
frymða
gehwæs
||
ofer
foldan
gescop
fæder
frymþa
ġe·hwæs%,
||
ofer
foldan
ġe·sċōp
Bliss Scansion: N/A ~+|Sxxs || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / xx \ || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: S/Sxxs || xx/Sxxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 58, verso, Manuscript line: 15, Change by: editor. Reading emended: gehwæs Original reading: gewæs Syntax: NNg || PV hs: f, aa: 1, da: D |
lovely herbs, that the king of glory, |
Phoen 198. |
to
indryhtum
||
ælda
cynne
tō
inn-dryhtum
||
ielda
cynne,
Bliss Scansion: d2a xSsx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NgN hs: V, aa: 1 |
the father of every beginning created over the land |
Phoen 199. |
swetes
under
swegle
||
ðær
he
sylf
biereð
swētes
under
sweġle.
||
Þǣr
hē
self
bireþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AP || AV hs: s, ac: sw, aca: sw, aa: D, da: D |
for the honour of the race of men, sweetness under the sky. |
Phoen 200. |
in
ðæt
treow
innan
||
torhte
frætwe
on
þæt
trēow
innan
||
torhte
frætwe;
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xxS|Sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: Pa || AN hs: t, aa: 1 |
There he himself carries the bright trappings |
Phoen 201. |
ðær
se
wilda
fugel
||
in
ðam
westenne
ðǣr
sē
wilda
fuĝol
||
on
þām
wēstenne
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|~+ || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x ~+ || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || dN hs: w, aa: Q |
inside that tree, where the wild bird |
Phoen 202. |
ofer
heanne
beam
||
hus
getimbreð
ofer
hēanne
bēam
||
hūs
ġe·timbreþ,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NV hs: h, aa: 1 |
builds a house in the wasteland |
Phoen 203. |
wlitig
ond
wynsum
||
ond
gewicað
ðær
wlitiġ
and
wynsum
||
and
ġe·wīcaþ
ðǣr
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AcA || Va hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
above the lofty tree, beautiful and lovely, |
Phoen 204. |
sylf
in
ðam
solere
||
ond
ymbseteð
utan
self
on
þām
solore
||
and
ymb·seteþ
ūtan
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xx~+x || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | ~+ x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: p || x/Ssx Syntax: AP || Va hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
and himself dwells there in the sunny room, |
Phoen 205. |
in
ðam
leafsceade
||
lic
ond
feðre
on
þām
leaf-sċade
||
līċ
and
feðere
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NcN hs: l, aa: 1 |
and in that leafy shade surrounds himself, |
Phoen 206. |
on
healfa
gehware
||
halgum
stencum
on
healfa
ġe·hwǣre
||
hālĝum
stencum
Bliss Scansion: 2B1a xSx|xS || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: ? || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
body and feathers, on every side |
Phoen 207. |
ond
ðam
æðelestum
||
eorðan
bledum
and
þām
æðelostum
||
eorðan
blǣdum.
Bliss Scansion: d1b xx~+xx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NgN hs: V, aa: 2 |
with sacred perfumes, and the noblest of the earth’s harvest. |
Phoen 208. |
siteð
siðes
fus
||
ðonne
swegles
gim
Siteþ
sīðes
fūs.
||
Þonne
sweġles
ġimm
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || xx/Sxs Syntax: NgA || NgN hs: s, ca: s, aa: 1, da: D |
He sits, eager for the journey. When the gem of the sky, |
Phoen 209. |
on
sumeres
tid
||
sunne
hatost
on
sumores
tīd,
||
sunne
hātost,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a x~+x|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x ~+ | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NA hs: s, ca: s, aa: 1 |
in the summertime, the sun shines hottest over the shadows, |
Phoen 210. |
ofer
sceadu
scineð
||
ond
gesceapu
dreogeð
ofer
sċadu
sċīeneþ
||
and
ġe·sċæpu
drēoĝeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx~+|Sx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: PV || NV hs: sc, aa: D, da: D |
and fulfils its destiny, surveys the world, |
Phoen 211. |
woruld
geondwliteð
||
ðonne
weorðeð
his
weorold
ġeond·wlīteþ,
||
þonne
weorðeþ
his
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NV || VA hs: w, las: h, aa: D, da: D |
then his house becomes heated through the clearness of the sky. |
Phoen 212. |
hus
onhæted
||
ðurh
hador
swegl
hūs
on·hǣted
||
þurh
hādor
sweġel.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Ns || AN hs: h, las: h, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
The herbs grow warm; the chosen dwelling steams |
Phoen 213. |
wyrta
wearmiað
||
willsele
stymeð
Wyrta
wearmiaþ,
||
will-sele
stīemeþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 2A3a S~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxx || Ss/Sx Syntax: NV || NV hs: w, law: st, aa: D, da: D |
with sweet odours; then in the heat through the fire’s grasp, |
Phoen 214. |
swetum
swæccum
||
ðonne
on
swole
byrneð
swēotum
swæccum,
||
þonne
on
swole
byrneþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || d2c xxx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xxx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || PV hs: s, ac: sw, aca: sw, acb: sw, aa: D, da: D |
the bird burns along with his nest. |
Phoen 215. |
ðurh
fyres
feng
||
fugel
mid
neste
þurh
fȳres
fēng
||
fuĝol
mid
neste.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 1A1a ~+|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NP hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
The pyre is kindled; then flame enfolds |
Phoen 216. |
bæl
bið
onæled
||
ðonne
brond
ðeceð
Bǣl
biþ
on·ǣled.
||
Þonne
brand
þeċeþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xxSx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: Nvs || NV hs: b, aa: 1 |
the house of the disheartened creature, fiercely hastens, |
Phoen 217. |
heorodreorges
hus
||
hreoh
onetteð
heoru-dreorĝes%
hūs,
||
hrēoh
ōnetteþ,
Bliss Scansion: 3 E2 ~+sx|S || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: E ~+ \ x | / || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || S/Ssx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 59, recto, Manuscript line: 5, Change by: editor. Reading emended: heorodreorges Original reading: heore dreorges Translitteratio: e/o Syntax: AgN || AV hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
pale fire devours and the phoenix burns, |
Phoen 218. |
fealo
lig
feormað
||
ond
fenix
byrneð
fealu
līeġ
feormaþ
||
and
fenix
byrneþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A3a ~+s|Sx || a1a(2A1a) xSx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A2a ~+ \ | / x || 0 x / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || p Syntax: ANV || AV hs: f, ca: f, aa: 1, da: D |
wise in ancient years; then the flame consumes |
Phoen 219. |
fyrngearum
frod
||
ðonne
fyr
ðigeð
fyrn-ġēarum
frōd.
||
Þonne
fȳr
þiġeþ
Bliss Scansion: 300 Ssx|S || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | / || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || xx/Ssx Syntax: NtA || NV hs: f, ca: f, aa: D, da: D |
the fleeting body; life is leaving, |
Phoen 220. |
lænne
lichoman
||
lif
bið
on
siðe
lǣnne
līċ-haman;
||
līf
biþ
on
sīðe,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NvP hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
the soul-hoard of the fey one, |
Phoen 221. |
fæges
feorhhord
||
ðonne
flæsc
ond
ban
fǣġes
feorh-hord,
||
þonne
flǣsċ
and
bān
Bliss Scansion: 2A2 Sx|Ss || 2B1b xxS|xS Sievers Scansion: A2b / x | / \ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || xx/Sxs Syntax: AgN || NcN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
when the pyre-flame razes |
Phoen 222. |
adleg
æleð
||
hwæðre
him
eft
cymeð
ād-līeġ
ǣleþ.
||
Hwæðere
him
eft
cymeþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Ss|Sx || 2C2c xxxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | / x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NV || aV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
flesh and bone. Yet after an appropriate space |
Phoen 223. |
æfter
fyrstmearce
||
feorh
edniwe
aefter
frist-mearce
||
feorh
ed-nīewe,
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || S/Ssx Syntax: NC || NA hs: f, las: V, aa: 1 |
there returns to him a soul renewed, |
Phoen 224. |
siððan
ða
yslan
||
eft
onginnað
siþþan
þā
yslan
||
eft
on·ġinnaþ
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aN || aV hs: V, las: V, law: g, aa: 2 |
after the ashes begin again to knit together, |
Phoen 225. |
æfter
ligðræce
||
lucan
togædre
aefter
līeġ-þræce
||
lūcan
tō·gædere,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || Ia hs: l, law: g, aa: 1 |
after the plundering flame, congealed to a ball. |
Phoen 226. |
geclungne
to
cleowenne
||
ðonne
clæne
bið
ġe·clungne
tō
clīewenne.
||
Þonne
clǣne
biþ
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSx|xSxx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 x / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || xx/Sxs Syntax: sP || AV hs: c, ac: cl, aca: cl, acb: cl, las: b, aa: D, da: D |
Then that brightest of nests is pure, |
Phoen 227. |
beorhtast
nesta
||
bæle
forgrunden
beorhtost
nesta,
||
bǣle
for·grunden
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: ANg || Nts hs: b, las: b, aa: 1 |
purged by the pyre, the dwelling-place of the valiant one. |
Phoen 228. |
heaðorofes
hof
||
hra
bið
acolad
heaðu-rōfes
hof;
||
hrā
biþ
ā·cōlad,
Bliss Scansion: 300 ~+sx|$ || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: E ~+ \ x | / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: AgN || Nvs hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
The corpse grows cold, the broken vessel of bone, |
Phoen 229. |
banfæt
gebrocen
||
ond
se
bryne
sweðrað
bān-fæt
ġe·brocen
||
and
sē
bryne
sweðraþ.
Bliss Scansion: 2E2a Ss|x~+ || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | ~+ || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || x/Ssx Syntax: Ns || NV hs: b, ac: br, aa: D, da: D |
and burning subsides. Then from that pyre |
Phoen 230. |
ðonne
of
ðam
ade
||
æples
gelicnes
Þonne
of
þām
āde
||
æpples
ġe·līċness
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aP || NgN hs: V, ca: V, aa: 2 |
the image of an apple is found again in the ashes, |
Phoen 231. |
on
ðære
ascan
bið
||
eft
gemeted
on
ðǣre
ascan
biþ
||
eft
ġe·mēted,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1c xxxSx|$ || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xxx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: PV || as hs: V, ca: V, aa: 1 |
from which there grows a worm wondrous fair, |
Phoen 232. |
of
ðam
weaxeð
wyrm
||
wundrum
fæger
of
þām
weaxeþ
wyrm,
||
wundrum
fǣġer,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1b Sx|~x Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: VN || NtA hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
as though it had hatched from an egg, |
Phoen 233. |
swylce
he
of
ægerum
||
ut
alæde
swelċe
hē
of
ǣĝrum
||
ūt
ā·lǣde,
Bliss Scansion: d1d xxxxSxx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xxxx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iP || aV hs: V, aa: 1 |
shining from the shell. Then he grows in the shadows, |
Phoen 234. |
scir
of
scylle
||
ðonne
on
sceade
weaxeð
sċīr
of
sċielle.
||
Þonne
on
sċæde
weaxeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || d2c xxx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xxx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AP || PV hs: sc, aa: D, da: D |
so that he is at first like an eagle’s nestling, |
Phoen 235. |
ðæt
he
ærest
bið
||
swylce
earnes
brid
þæt
hē
ǣrest
biþ
||
swelċe
earnes
bridd,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|$ || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || xx/Sxs Syntax: aV || NgN hs: V, xa: VbVb, aa: Q |
the fair makings of a bird; |
Phoen 236. |
fæger
fugeltimber
||
ðonne
furðor
gin
fǣġer
fuĝol-timber;
||
þonne
furður
ġīen
Bliss Scansion: 1D2 ~+|~+sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | ~+ \ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || xx/Sxs Syntax: AN || aa hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
then further yet it burgeons in joys, |
Phoen 237. |
wridað
on
wynnum
||
ðæt
he
bið
wæstmum
gelic
wrīdaþ
on
wynnum,
||
þæt
hē
biþ
wæstmum
ġe·līċ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B*1c xxxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xxx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: VP || NtA hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
so that it is in growth like an old eagle , |
Phoen 238. |
ealdum
earne
||
and
æfter
ðon
ealdum
earne
||
and
aefter
þon
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1a xSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || ad hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
and then after that, adorned with feathers |
Phoen 239. |
feðrum
gefrætwad
||
swylc
he
æt
frymðe
wæs
feðerum
ġe·frætwod,
||
swylc
hē
æt
frymþe
wæs,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 59, recto, Manuscript line: 19, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: frymðe Original reading: frymðe Syntax: Nts || PV hs: f, ac: fr, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
just as he was in the beginning, |
Phoen 240. |
beorht
geblowen
||
ðonne
bræd
weorðeð
beorht
ġe·blōwen.
||
Þonne
bræġd
weorðeþ%
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 59, recto, Manuscript line: 20, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: weoþeð Original reading: weoþeð Translitteratio: a/e Syntax: As || NV hs: b, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
brightly blossoming. Then the flesh |
Phoen 241. |
eal
edniwe
||
eft
acenned
eall
ed-nīewe
||
eft
ā·cenned,
Bliss Scansion: N/A $|Ssx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: D1 / | / \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AA || as hs: V, lab: V, aa: D, da: D |
becomes born again, entirely renewed, |
Phoen 242. |
synnum
asundrad
||
sumes
onlice
synnum
ā·sundrod,
||
sumes
anlīċe
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1D1 ~+|Sxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A ~+ | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: Nts || Aa hs: s, lab: V, aa: D, da: D |
sundered from sins. Just as when someone |
Phoen 243. |
swa
mon
to
ondleofne
||
eorðan
wæstmas
swā
man
tō
andlēofne
||
eorðan
wæstmas%
Bliss Scansion: d2c xxxSsx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xxx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 59, recto, Manuscript line: 22, Change by: editor. Reading emended: wæstmas Original reading: wæsmas Syntax: NC || NgN hs: V, aa: 1 |
brings home the fruits of the earth |
Phoen 244. |
on
hærfeste
||
ham
gelædeð
on
hærfeste
||
hām
ġe·lǣdeþ,
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || aV hs: h, aa: 1 |
at harvest, the lovely crop, |
Phoen 245. |
wiste
wynsume
||
ær
wintres
cyme
wiste
wynsume,
||
ǣr
wintres
cyme,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 3B1a xSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 x / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || NgN hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
before the coming of winter at reaping-time, |
Phoen 246. |
on
rypes
timan
||
ðy
læs
hi
renes
scur
on
ripes
tīman,
||
þȳ
læs
hīe
reġnes
sċūr
Bliss Scansion: 2C1a x~+|Sx || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | / x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: r, aa: 1 |
lest a shower of rain should damage them under the clouds; |
Phoen 247. |
awyrde
under
wolcnum
||
ðær
hi
wraðe
metað
ā·wierde
under
wolcnum;
||
ðǣr
hīe
wraðe
mētaþ,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSx|xxSx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 x / xxx | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: VP || NV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
they find sustenance there, take provision, |
Phoen 248. |
fodorðege
gefean
||
ðonne
forst
ond
snaw
fōdor-þeġe
ġe·fēan%,
||
þonne
forst
and
snāw
Bliss Scansion: 3E*3 S~x|xS || 2B1b xxS|xS Sievers Scansion: E / ~ xx | / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || xx/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 59, verso, Manuscript line: 2-3, Change by: editor. Reading emended: gefean Original reading: ge feon Translitteratio: a/o Syntax: NgN || NcN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
when frost and snow cover the earth with overbearing force, |
Phoen 249. |
mid
ofermægne
||
eorðan
ðeccað
mid
ofer-mæġene
||
eorðan
þeċċaþ
Bliss Scansion: d2a x~+sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NV hs: V, aa: 1 |
with winter-clothing; from those fruits |
Phoen 250. |
wintergewædum
||
of
ðam
wæstmum
sceal
winter-ġe·wǣdum.
||
Of
þām
wæstmum
sċeall
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || PV hs: w, aa: D, da: D, acp: 1A1 |
the prosperity of men shall arise again, |
Phoen 251. |
eorla
eadwela
||
eft
alædan
eorla
ēad-wela%
||
eft
ā·lǣdan
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 59, verso, Manuscript line: 4, Change by: editor. Reading emended: eadwela Original reading: ead welan Syntax: NgN || aI hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
through the nature of corn, |
Phoen 252. |
ðurh
cornes
gecynd
||
ðe
ær
clæne
bið
þurh
cornes
ġe·cynd,
||
þe
ǣr
clǣne
biþ
Bliss Scansion: 2B1a xSx|xS || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || AV hs: c, aa: D, da: D |
which is first sown as a pure seed, |
Phoen 253. |
sæd
onsawen
||
ðonne
sunnan
glæm
sǣd
on·sāwen.
||
Þonne
sunnan
glǣm
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: Ns || NgN hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
and then the ray of the sun, |
Phoen 254. |
on
lenctenne
||
lifes
tacen
on
lenctenne,
||
līfes
tācen,
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NgN hs: l, aa: 1 |
life’s token, at lent |
Phoen 255. |
weceð
woruldgestreon
||
ðæt
ða
wæstmas
beoð
weceþ
weorold-ġe·strēon,
||
þæt
þā
wæstmas
bēoþ
Bliss Scansion: N/A ~+|~+xs || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | ~+ x \ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || NV hs: w, aa: 1, da: D |
brings forth the worldly treasure, |
Phoen 256. |
ðurh
agne
gecynd
||
eft
acende
þurh
āĝne
ġe·cynd
||
eft
ā·cende,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1a xSx|xS || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || aV hs: V, aa: Q |
so that those fruits are born again through their own nature, |
Phoen 257. |
foldan
frætwe
||
swa
se
fugel
weorðeð
foldan
frætwe.
||
Swā
sē
fuĝol
weorðeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
the earth’s adornments; |
Phoen 258. |
gomel
æfter
gearum
||
geong
edniwe
gamol
aefter
ġēarum,
||
ġung
ed-nīewe,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b ~+|xxSx || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || S/Ssx Syntax: AP || AA hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
just so the bird, old according to years, |
Phoen 259. |
flæsce
bifongen
||
no
he
foddor
ðigeð
flǣsċe
be·fangen.
||
No
hē
fōdor
þiġeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Nts || NV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
becomes renewed young, |
Phoen 260. |
mete
on
moldan
||
nemne
meledeawes
mete
on
moldan,
||
nemne
mele-dēawes
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || d2b xx~+sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NP || NC hs: m, las: d, aa: D, da: D |
enclosed in flesh. He eats no food, |
Phoen 261. |
dæl
gebyrge
||
se
dreoseð
oft
dæl
ġe·byrĝe,
||
sē
drēoseþ
oft
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NV || Va hs: d, las: d, aa: 1 |
sustenance on the earth, unless he tastes a portion |
Phoen 262. |
æt
middre
nihte
||
bi
ðon
se
modga
his
æt
middre
nihte;
||
be
þon
sē
mōdĝa
his
Bliss Scansion: a1a(2A1a) xSx|Sx || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 x / x | / x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || PA hs: m, aa: 1 |
of the honey-dew that often drops at mid-night: |
Phoen 263. |
feorh
afedeð
||
oððæt
fyrngesetu
feorh
ā·fēdeþ,
||
oþ·þæt
fyrn-ġe·setu,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || d4b xxSx~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NV || NC hs: f, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
with that the brave one nourishes |
Phoen 264. |
agenne
eard
||
eft
geseceð
āĝenne
eard,
||
eft
ġe·sēċeþ.
Bliss Scansion: 3 E1 Sxx|S || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || aV hs: V, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
his life until he seeks again |
Phoen 265. |
ðonne
bið
aweaxen
||
wyrtum
in
gemonge
Þonne
biþ
ā·weaxen
||
wyrtum
on
ġe·maniġe
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A*1b Sx|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / xxx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: avs || NP hs: w, aa: 2 |
his ancient settlements, a land of his own. |
Phoen 266. |
fugel
feðrum
deal
||
feorh
bið
niwe
fuĝol
feðerum
deall.
||
feorh
biþ
nīewe,
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NA || NvA hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
Then the bird proud in feathers is grown up |
Phoen 267. |
geong
geofona
ful
||
ðonne
he
of
greote
his
ġung,
ġeofona
full,
||
þonne
hē
of
grēote
his
Bliss Scansion: 300 S~+x|S || 3B1d xxxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: D4 / | ~+ x \ || 0 xxxx / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AA || NA hs: g, aa: 1, da: D |
among the herbs; his life is renewed, |
Phoen 268. |
lic
leoðucræftig
||
ðæt
ær
lig
fornom
līċ
liðu-cræftiġ,
||
þæt
ǣr
līeġ
for·nam,
Bliss Scansion: 1D2 S|~+sx || 2B1b xxS|x$ Sievers Scansion: D2 / | ~+ \ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || NV hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
young, full of gifts. Then from the dust |
Phoen 269. |
somnað
swoles
lafe
||
searwum
gegædrað
samnaþ,
swoles
lāfe,
||
searwum
ġe·ġadraþ
Bliss Scansion: 1D*2 Sx|~+sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | ~+ \ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NV hs: s, aa: 1, da: D |
the limb-strong one gathers his body, |
Phoen 270. |
ban
gebrosnad
||
æfter
bælðræce
bān
ġe·brosnod,
||
aefter
bǣl-þræċe,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || d3b xxS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: Ns || NC hs: b, ca: b, aa: D, da: D |
that the fire had taken off, from the remnants of the flame, |
Phoen 271. |
ond
ðonne
gebringeð
||
ban
ond
yslan
and
þonne
ġe·brinġeþ
||
bān
and
yslan,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aV || NcN hs: b, ca: b, las: V, aa: 2 |
collects with cunning the bones broken after the surging flame, |
Phoen 272. |
ades
lafe
||
eft
ætsomne
ādes
lāfe,
||
eft
æt·samne,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || aa hs: V, las: V, aa: 1 |
and then brings the bones and cinders, |
Phoen 273. |
ond
ðonne
ðæt
wælreaf
||
wyrtum
biteldeð
and
þonne
þæt
wæl-rēaf
||
wyrtum
be·teldeþ,
Bliss Scansion: a2d xxxxSs || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / \ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ss || Sx/Sx Syntax: aN || NV hs: w, aa: 2 |
the remnants of the pyre back together, and then, fairly adorned, |
Phoen 274. |
fægre
gefrætwed
||
ðonne
afysed
bið
fæġere
ġe·frætwod.
||
þonne
ā·fȳsed
biþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: as || sV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
covers that slaughter-plunder with herbs. Then he is eager to be away, |
Phoen 275. |
agenne
eard
||
eft
to
secan
āĝenne
eard
||
eft
tō
sēċan.
Bliss Scansion: 3 E1 Sxx|S || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || aI hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
to seek again his own home. |
Phoen 276. |
ðonne
fotum
ymbfehð
||
fyres
lafe
Þonne
fōtum
ymb·fēhð
||
fȳres
lāfe,
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1c xxSx|xS || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | xx / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NV || NgN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
Then he grasps in his feet the fire’s remains, |
Phoen 277. |
clam
biclyppeð
||
ond
his
cyððu
eft
clamm
be·clyppeþ
||
and
his
cȳþþu
eft,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a $|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NV || Na hs: c, ac: cl, aca: cl, aa: D, da: D |
clasps it in his claws, |
Phoen 278. |
sunbeorht
gesetu
||
seceð
on
wynnum
sun-beorht
ġe·setu,
||
sēċeþ
on
wynnum,
Bliss Scansion: 2E2a Ss|x~+ || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | ~+ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || VP hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
and seeks again in joy his familiar place, |
Phoen 279. |
eadig
eðellond
||
eall
bið
geniwad
ēadiġ
ēðel-land.
||
Eall
biþ
ġe·nīewod
Bliss Scansion: 1D*5 Sx|Sxs || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: D*4 / x | / x \ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || Avs hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
his sun-bright establishment, his blessed native land. |
Phoen 280. |
feorh
ond
feðerhoma
||
swa
he
æt
frymðe
wæs
feorh
and
feðer-hama,
||
swā
hē
æt
frymþe
wæs,
Bliss Scansion: N/A S|xS~x || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || PV hs: f, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
All is renewed, his life and feather-cloak, |
Phoen 281. |
ða
hine
ærest
god
||
on
ðone
æðelan
wong
þā
hine
ǣrest
god
||
on
þone
æðelan
wang
Bliss Scansion: 3B1c xxxSx|$ || 3B1c xxx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: B1 xxx / | x / || 0 xxx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: aN || AN hs: V, law: w, aa: 1 |
just as he was at the beginning, |
Phoen 282. |
sigorfæst
sette
||
he
his
sylfes
ðær
siĝorfæst
sette.
||
Hē
his
selfes
ðǣr
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a ~+x|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AV || Aa hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
when God, firm in victory, |
Phoen 283. |
ban
gebringeð
||
ða
ær
brondes
wylm
bān
ġe·brinġeþ,
||
þā
ǣr
brandes
wielm
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NV || NgN hs: b, ac: br, ca: b, aa: D, da: D |
first set him up on that noble plain. |
Phoen 284. |
on
beorhstede
||
bæle
forðylmde
on
beorh-stede
||
bǣle
for·þylmde,
Bliss Scansion: d3a xS~x || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NV hs: b, ca: b, ia: b, aa: 1 |
He brings there his own bones, which the surge of flame |
Phoen 285. |
ascan
to
eacan
||
ðonne
eal
geador
asċan
tō
ēacan.
||
Þonne
eall
ġe·ador
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C2b xx$|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NP || Aa hs: V, lab: V, ia: V, aa: D, da: D |
had engulfed with fire upon the pyre on the mound, |
Phoen 286. |
bebyrgeð
beaducræftig
||
ban
ond
yslan
be·byrġeþ
beadu-cræftiġ
||
bān
and
yslan
Bliss Scansion: 1D*2 xSx|~+sx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C2 x / x | ~+ \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AC || NcN hs: b, las: V, lab: V, ia: b, aa: 1, da: D |
for an increase of ashes. Then the battle-skilled one |
Phoen 287. |
on
ðam
ealonde
||
bið
him
edniwe
on
þām
êa-lande.
||
Bið
him
ed·nīwe
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NC || AC hs: V, las: V, ia: V, aa: 1 |
buries bones and cinders all together on that island. |
Phoen 288. |
ðære
sunnan
segn
||
ðonne
swegles
leoht
ðǣre
sunnan
seġn%,
||
þonne
swēġles
lēoht,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || xx/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, recto, Manuscript line: 6, Change by: editor. Reading emended: segn Original reading: þegn Translitteratio: s/þ Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: s, lab: s, aa: D, da: D |
The light of the sky is renewed for him, |
Phoen 289. |
gimma
gladost
||
ofer
garsecg
up
ġimma
gladost,
||
ofer
gārseċġ
up,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1b Sx|~x || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: N/A / x | ~ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NgA || Pa hs: g, las: V, lab: s, aa: D, da: D |
the sun’s thegn, gladdest of gems, up over the ocean, |
Phoen 290. |
æðeltungla
wyn
||
eastan
lixeð
æþel-tungla
wynn,
||
ēastan
lixeþ.
Bliss Scansion: 300 ~+sx|$ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: E ~+ \ x | / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || aV hs: V, las: V, aa: 1 |
the joy of noble stars gleams from the east. |
Phoen 291. |
is
se
fugel
fæger
||
forweard
hiwe
Is
sē
fuĝol
fǣġer
||
for-weard
hīewe,
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xxS|~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Ss/Sx Syntax: NA || aA hs: f, lab: f, aa: D, da: D |
That bird is fair of hue at the front, |
Phoen 292. |
bleobrygdum
fag
||
ymb
ða
breost
foran
blēo-bryġdum
fāh
||
ymb
þā
brēost
foran.
Bliss Scansion: 300 Ssx|S || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | / || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || x/Ssx Syntax: NtA || Pa hs: b, lab: f, xa: bfbf, aa: Q |
tinted with various colours at the front of his chest. |
Phoen 293. |
is
him
ðæt
heafod
||
hindan
grene
Is
him
þæt
hēafod
||
hindan
grēne,
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iN || aA hs: h, aa: D |
His head is green behind, |
Phoen 294. |
wrætlice
wrixled
||
wurman
geblonden
wrætlīċe
wrixled%
||
wurman
ġe·blanden.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sxx|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: ? || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, recto, Manuscript line: 10, Change by: editor. Reading emended: wrixled Original reading: wrixleð Translitteratio: d/ð Syntax: as || Nts hs: w, ac: wr, aca: wr, acc: wr, aa: D, da: D |
wondrously variegated, blended with purple. |
Phoen 295. |
ðonne
is
se
finta
||
fægre
gedæled
Þonne
is
sē
finta
||
fæġere
ġe·dǣled,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: avN || as hs: f, aa: 2 |
Then is the tail beautifully dappled, |
Phoen 296. |
sum
brun
sum
basu
||
sum
blacum
splottum
sum
brūn,
sum
basu,
||
sum
blacum
splottum
Bliss Scansion: N/A xS|x~+ || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x ~+ || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || ? Syntax: AA || AN hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
amazingly displayed: |
Phoen 297. |
searolice
beseted
||
sindon
ða
fiðru
searulīċe
be·seted.
||
Sindon
þā
fiðeru
Bliss Scansion: N/A ~+xx|x~+ || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: E ~+ \ xx | ~+ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: as || VN hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
part dusky, part crimson, |
Phoen 298. |
hwit
hindanweard
||
ond
se
hals
grene
hwīt
hindanweard
||
and
sē
heals
grēne
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: D4 / | / x \ || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: AA || NA hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
part black spots. The feathers are white at the tip, |
Phoen 299. |
nioðoweard
ond
ufeweard
||
ond
ðæt
nebb
lixeð
neoðanweard
and
ufanweard
||
and
þæt
nebb
lixeþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a ~+x|x~+x || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | ~+ x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Ss/Ss || x/Ssx Syntax: AA || NV hs: n, aa: 1 |
and the throat is green, downward and upward, |
Phoen 300. |
swa
glæs
oððe
gim
||
geaflas
scyne
swā
glæs
oþþe
ġimm,
||
ġeaflas
sċīene
Bliss Scansion: N/A x$|xx$ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: 0 x / | xx / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || NA hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
and the beak gleams, like glass or a gem, |
Phoen 301. |
innan
ond
utan
||
is
seo
eaggebyrd
innan
and
ūtan.
||
Is
sēo
ēag-ġe·byrd
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || d5b xxSxs Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: aca || NC hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
its jaws brilliant, inside and out. The cast of his eye |
Phoen 302. |
stearc
ond
hiwe
||
stane
gelicast
stearc
and
hīewe
||
stāne
ġe·līcost,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AcA || NtA hs: st, aa: 1 |
is piercing and most like a stone in appearance, |
Phoen 303. |
gladum
gimme
||
ðonne
in
goldfate
glādum
ġimme,
||
þonne
on
gold-fæte
Bliss Scansion: 2A1 ~x|Sx || d3c xxxS~x Sievers Scansion: N/A ~ x | / x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || NC hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
a lovely gem, when by the skill of smiths |
Phoen 304. |
smiða
orðoncum
||
biseted
weorðeð
smiða
orþancum
||
be·seted
weorðeþ.
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 ~+|Sxx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | / \ x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || sV hs: s, ca: s, aa: 1 |
it is set in a golden vessel. |
Phoen 305. |
is
ymb
ðone
sweoran
||
swylce
sunnan
hring
Is
ymb
þone
swēoran,
||
swelċe
sunnan
hrinġ,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: VP || NgN hs: s, ca: s, aa: 2 |
Around the throat, like a ring of sunlight, |
Phoen 306. |
beaga
beorhtast
||
brogden
feðrum
bēaĝa
beorhtost
||
broĝden%
feðerum.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, recto, Manuscript line: 17, Change by: editor. Reading emended: brogden Original reading: bregden Translitteratio: a/e Syntax: NgA || sNt hs: b, law: f, aa: D, da: D |
the brightest of circlets is woven in feathers. |
Phoen 307. |
wrætlic
is
seo
womb
neoðan
||
wundrum
fæger
Wrætliċ
is
sēo
wamb
niðan,
||
wundrum
fǣġer,
Bliss Scansion: N/A Sx|xxS~+ || 2A1b Sx|~x Sievers Scansion: HC3 / xx | x / | ~ x || N/A / x | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AvNa || NtA hs: w, law: f, aa: D, da: D |
The belly is wondrous below, amazingly fair, |
Phoen 308. |
scir
ond
scyne
||
is
se
scyld
ufan
sċīr
and
sċīene.
||
Is
sē
sċield
ufan
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AcA || Na hs: sc, ia: sc, aa: D, da: D |
bright and beautiful; the crest above |
Phoen 309. |
frætwum
gefeged
||
ofer
ðæs
fugles
bæc
frætwum
ġe·fēġed
||
ofer
þæs
fuĝoles
bæc.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Nts || NgN hs: f, law: b, ia: f, aa: D, da: D |
is skillfully put together over the bird’s back. |
Phoen 310. |
sindon
ða
scancan
||
scyllum
biweaxen
Sindon
þā
sċancan
||
sċiellum
be·weaxen,
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VN || Nts hs: sc, law: b, ia: sc, aa: 2 |
The thighs and pale feet |
Phoen 311. |
fealwe
fotas
||
se
fugel
is
on
hiwe
fealwe
fōtas.
||
Sē
fuĝol
is
on
hīewe
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A1b x~+|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NvP hs: f, ia: f, aa: D, da: D |
are covered in scales. The bird is peerless |
Phoen 312. |
æghwæs
ænlic
||
onlicost
pean
ǣġhwæs
ǣnliċ,
||
anlicost
pāwan,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3 E1 Sxx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NgA || ANt hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
in colour, most like a peacock, |
Phoen 313. |
wynnum
geweaxen
||
ðæs
gewritu
secgað
wynnum
ġe·weaxen,
||
þæs
ġe·writu
seċġaþ.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: Nts || NV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
delightfully grown, that writings describe. |
Phoen 314. |
nis
he
hinderweard
||
ne
hygegælsa
Nis
hē
hinderweard,
||
ne
hyġe-ġǣlsa,
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || d2a x~+sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: iA || AC hs: h, aa: D |
He is not slothful nor light-minded, |
Phoen 315. |
swar
ne
swongor
||
swa
sume
fuglas
swǣr
ne
swangor,
||
swā
sume
fuĝolas,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AcA || AN hs: s, ac: sw, aca: sw, law: f, aa: D, da: D |
heavy or sluggish like some birds, |
Phoen 316. |
ða
ðe
late
ðurh
lyft
||
lacað
fiðrum
þā
þe
late
þurh
lyft
||
lācaþ
fiðerum,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1b xx~+|xS || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx ~+ | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: aP || VN hs: l, law: f, lab: l, aa: D, da: D |
that flap lazily through the air, |
Phoen 317. |
ac
he
is
snel
ond
swift
||
ond
swiðe
leoht
ac
hē
is
snell
and
swift
||
and
swīðe
lēoht,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1c xxx$|xS || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 xxx / | x / || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AcA || aA hs: s, ac: sw, lab: l, aa: D, da: D |
but he is quick and swift and very light, |
Phoen 318. |
wlitig
ond
wynsum
||
wuldre
gemearcad
wlitiġ
and
wynsum,
||
wuldre
ġe·mearcod.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AcA || Nts hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
beautiful and fair, wonderfully marked; |
Phoen 319. |
ece
is
se
æðeling
||
se
ðe
him
ðæt
ead
gefeð
Ēċe
is
sē
æðeling
||
sē
þe
him
þæt
ēad
ġe·fēþ.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xx~+x || 2C2a xxxxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | ~+ x || 0 xxxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AvN || NV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
that prince is eternal who grants him that bounty. |
Phoen 320. |
ðonne
he
gewiteð
||
wongas
secan
þonne
hē
ġe·wīteþ
||
wangas
sēċan,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iV || NI hs: w, aa: 2 |
When he sets out seek the plains, |
Phoen 321. |
his
ealdne
eard
||
of
ðisse
eðeltyrf
his
ealdne
eard,
||
of
þisse
ēðel-turf.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || d5c xxxSxs Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || NC hs: V, lab: V, aa: D, da: D |
his old home away from this ancestral turf, |
Phoen 322. |
swa
se
fugel
fleogeð
||
folcum
oðeaweð
Swā
sē
fuĝol
flēoġeþ,
||
folcum
oþ·īeweþ
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx~+|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NV || NV hs: f, lab: V, aa: D, da: D |
as the bird flies, reveals himself to nations, |
Phoen 323. |
mongum
monna
||
geond
middangeard
maniĝum
manna
||
ġond
middan-ġeard,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || N/A xSxs Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NNg || NC hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
to many men throughout the world, |
Phoen 324. |
ðonne
somniað
||
suðan
ond
norðan
þonne
samniaþ%
||
sūðan
and
norðan,
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, verso, Manuscript line: 6, Change by: editor. Reading emended: somniað Original reading: somnað Syntax: aV || aca hs: s, aa: 2 |
then they gather from south and north, |
Phoen 325. |
eastan
ond
westan
||
eoredciestum
ēastan%
and
westan,
||
ēorod-cystum,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, verso, Manuscript line: 6, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: eastan Original reading: eastan Syntax: aca || NC hs: V, aa: 1, bcp: 2A1 |
from east and west, in droves; |
Phoen 326. |
farað
feorran
ond
nean
||
folca
ðryðum
faraþ
feorran
and
nēan
||
folca
þrȳðum
Bliss Scansion: N/A ~+|Sxxs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / xx \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: aca || NgN hs: f, aa: 1, da: D |
from far and near in throngs of people, |
Phoen 327. |
ðær
hi
sceawiað
||
scyppendes
giefe
ðǣr
hīe
sċēawiaþ%
||
sċieppendes
ġiefe
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 30 Sxx|~+ Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / \ x | ~+ Russom Scansion: x/Sxx || Ssx/S Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, verso, Manuscript line: 8, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: sceawiaþ Original reading: sceawiaþ Translitteratio: n/þ Syntax: iV || NgN hs: sc, lab: sc, aa: 2 |
where they gaze upon the Creator’s gifts, |
Phoen 328. |
fægre
on
ðam
fugle
||
swa
him
æt
fruman
sette
fæġere
on
þām
fuĝole,
||
swā
him
æt
fruman
sette
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || d2c xxx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || 0 xxx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AP || PV hs: f, las: s, lab: s, aa: D, da: D |
fair on that bird, just as at the beginning |
Phoen 329. |
sigora
soðcyning
||
sellicran
gecynd
siĝora
sōþ-cyning
||
seldlicran
ġe·cynd,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 ~+x|S~x || 3E*1 Sxx|xS Sievers Scansion: D*2 ~+ x | / ~ x || N/A / \ xx | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Ssx/S Syntax: NgN || AN hs: s, las: s, law: c, xa: sscsc, aa: D, da: D |
the true king of victories established for him |
Phoen 330. |
frætwe
fægerran
||
ofer
fugla
cyn
frætwe
fæġerran%
||
ofer
fuĝla
cynn.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|~+x || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: D*4 / x | ~+ x \ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, verso, Manuscript line: 10, Change by: editor. Reading emended: fægerran Original reading: fægran Syntax: NA || NgN hs: f, law: c, aa: D, da: D |
a more marvelous nature, |
Phoen 331. |
ðonne
wundriað
||
weras
ofer
eorðan
Þonne
wundriaþ
||
weras
ofer
eorðan
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 1A1b ~+|xxSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A ~+ xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxx || Sxx/Sx Syntax: aV || NP hs: w, ca: w, aa: 2 |
fairer adornments beyond bird-kind. |
Phoen 332. |
wlite
ond
wæstma
||
ond
gewritum
cyðað
wlite
and
wæstma
||
and
ġe·writum%
cȳðaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, verso, Manuscript line: 11, Change by: editor. Reading emended: gewritum Original reading: gewritu Syntax: NcN || NV hs: w, ca: w, aa: D, da: D |
Then men over the earth marvel at his beauty and attainments, |
Phoen 333. |
mundum
mearciað
||
on
marmstane
mundum
mearciaþ
||
on
marm-stāne%
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || d2a xSsx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 x / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxx || x/Ssx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, verso, Manuscript line: 12, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: marmstane Original reading: mẹarm stane Syntax: NV || NC hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
and their writings reveal it and carve it with hands in marble, |
Phoen 334. |
hwonne
se
dæg
ond
seo
tid
||
dryhtum
geeawe
hwonne
sē
dæġ
and
sēo
tīd
||
dryhtum
ġe·īewe
Bliss Scansion: 2B2c xxx$|xxS || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B2 xxx / | xx / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || NV hs: d, aa: 1, da: D |
when the day and the hour reveal to the troops |
Phoen 335. |
frætwe
flyhthwates
||
ðonne
fugla
cynn
frætwe
flyht-hwates.
||
þonne
fuĝla
cynn
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NAg || NgN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
the adornments of the one swift in flight. Then the species of birds |
Phoen 336. |
on
healfa
gehwone
||
heapum
ðringað
on
healfa
ġe·hwone%
||
hēapum
þringaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1a xSx|x~+ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx ~+ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, verso, Manuscript line: 14, Change by: editor. Reading emended: gehwone Original reading: gehwore Translitteratio: n/r Syntax: NgN || NV hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
throng in flocks on either side, |
Phoen 337. |
sigað
sidwegum
||
songe
lofiað
sīĝaþ
sīd-weĝum,
||
sange
lofiaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 2A1a Sx|~+x Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / x | ~+ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NV hs: s, aa: 1, da: D |
press in from distant places, praise in song, |
Phoen 338. |
mærað
modigne
||
meaglum
reordum
mǣraþ
mōdiġne
||
mēaglum
reordum,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VA || AN hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
celebrate the bold one with powerful voices, |
Phoen 339. |
ond
swa
ðone
halgan
||
hringe
beteldað
and
swā
þone
hālĝan
||
hringe
be·teldaþ
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aA || NV hs: h, aa: 2 |
and so surround the holy creature in a ring |
Phoen 340. |
flyhte
on
lyfte
||
fenix
bið
on
middum
flyhte
on
lyfte;
||
fenix
biþ
on
middum,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A1b ~+|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xxx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || p Syntax: NP || AvP hs: f, aa: 1 |
in flight in the air; the phoenix is in the midst, |
Phoen 341. |
ðreatum
biðrungen
||
ðeoda
wlitað
þrēatum
be·þrungen.
||
Þēoda
wlītaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: Nts || NV hs: þ, ac: þr, aca: þr, las: w, aa: D, da: D |
hemmed in by crowds. The nations look on, |
Phoen 342. |
wundrum
wafiað
||
hu
seo
wilgedryht
wundrum
wāfiaþ%,
||
hū
sēo
will-ġe·dryht
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|~+x || d5b xxSxs Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | ~+ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 60, verso, Manuscript line: 17, Change by: editor. Reading emended: wafiað Original reading: wefiað Translitteratio: a/e Syntax: NV || NC hs: w, ca: w, las: w, aa: D, da: D |
gaze in amazement at how that happy band |
Phoen 343. |
wildne
weorðiað
||
worn
æfter
oðrum
wildne
weorðiaþ,
||
worn
aefter
ōðrum,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxx || Sxx/Sx Syntax: AV || NP hs: w, ca: w, aa: D, da: D |
pay homage to the wild one, one group after another, |
Phoen 344. |
cræftum
cyðað
||
ond
for
cyning
mærað
cræftum
cȳðaþ
||
and
for
cyning
mǣraþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NV || PV hs: c, aa: D, da: D |
proclaim with skill and announce as their king their beloved leader, |
Phoen 345. |
leofne
leodfruman
||
lædað
mid
wynnum
lēofne
lēod-fruman,
||
lǣdaþ
mid
wynnum
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || VP hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
escort joyfully the noble one to his home, |
Phoen 346. |
æðelne
to
earde
||
oððæt
se
anhoga
æðelne
tō
earde,
||
oþ·þæt
sē
ān-hoĝa
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a ~+x|xSx || d3c xxxS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AP || NC hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
until the peerless on flies off swift in wings, |
Phoen 347. |
oðfleogeð
feðrum
snel
||
ðæt
him
gefylgan
ne
mæg
oþ·flēoġeþ,
feðerum
snell,
||
þæt
him
ġe·fylĝan
ne
mæġ
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSx|Sxs || 3B*1c xxxSx|x$ Sievers Scansion: D*4 x / x | / x \ || 0 xxx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || x/Sxxs Syntax: NtA || IV hs: f, aa: 1, da: D |
so that the band of rejoicing ones cannot follow him, |
Phoen 348. |
drymendra
gedryht
||
ðonne
duguða
wyn
drȳmendra
ġe·dryht,
||
þonne
duĝuþa
wynn
Bliss Scansion: 3E*1 Sxx|xS || 3B1b xx~+x|$ Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | / || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || xx/Sxs Syntax: AgN || NgN hs: d, ac: dr, aca: dr, aa: D, da: D |
when the delight of hosts seeks his homeland |
Phoen 349. |
of
ðisse
eorðan
tyrf
||
eðel
seceð
of
þisse
eorðan
turf
||
ēðel
sēċeþ.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1c xxxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xxx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NV hs: V, las: s, aa: 1 |
away from the turf of this earth. |
Phoen 350. |
swa
se
gesæliga
||
æfter
swylthwile
Swā
sē
ġe·sǣlĝa
||
aefter
swylt-hwīle
Bliss Scansion: d1c xxxSxx || d2b xxSsx Sievers Scansion: C3 xxx / | ~ x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: aA || NC hs: s, las: s, aa: D |
So, after the time of death, the blessed one |
Phoen 351. |
his
ealdcyððe
||
eft
geneosað
his
eald-cȳþþe
||
eft
ġe·nēosaþ,
Bliss Scansion: d2a xSsx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || aV hs: V, aa: 1 |
again visits his ancestral home, |
Phoen 352. |
fægre
foldan
||
fugelas
cyrrað
fæġere
foldan.
||
Fuĝolas
ċierraþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
his fair land. Birds, sad at heart, |
Phoen 353. |
from
ðam
guðfrecan
||
geomormode
fram
þām
gūþ-frecan
||
ġōmor-mōde
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NC hs: g, aa: 1, bcp: 2A1 |
turn from that warlike creature |
Phoen 354. |
eft
to
earde
||
ðonne
se
æðeling
bið
eft
tō
earde.
||
Þonne
sē
æðeling
biþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1c xxx~+x|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xxx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: aP || NV hs: V, lab: V, aa: D, da: D |
back to their homes. Then the prince |
Phoen 355. |
giong
in
geardum
||
god
ana
wat
ġung
on
ġeardum.
||
God
ana
wāt,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 1D4 $|Sxs Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: AP || NAV hs: g, lab: V, aa: D, da: D |
is young in his court. God alone, |
Phoen 356. |
cyning
ælmihtig
||
hu
his
gecynde
bið
cyning
æl-mehtiġ,
||
hū
his
ġe·cynde
biþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1D2 ~+|Ssx || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | / \ x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || NV hs: c, aa: 1 |
the almighty king, knows what its gender is, |
Phoen 357. |
wifhades
ðe
weres
||
ðæt
ne
wat
ænig
wīfhādes
þe
weres;
||
þæt
ne
wāt
ǣniġ
Bliss Scansion: N/A Sxx|x~+ || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | ~+ || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || x/Ssx Syntax: NcN || VA hs: w, law: V, aa: D, da: D |
male or female; none of mankind |
Phoen 358. |
monna
cynnes
||
butan
meotod
ana
manna
cynnes,
||
būtan
metod
ana,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NA hs: m, law: V, aa: 1 |
knows, except the lord alone, |
Phoen 359. |
hu
ða
wisan
sind
||
wundorlice
hū
þā
wīsan
sind
||
wundorlīċe,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NV || aU hs: w, aa: 1, bcp: 2A1 |
how wondrous are the circumstances, |
Phoen 360. |
fæger
fyrngesceap
||
ymb
ðæs
fugles
gebyrd
fǣġer
fyrn-ġe·sċēap,
||
ymb
þæs
fuĝoles
ġe·byrd.
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || x/Sxxs Syntax: AN || NgN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
the fair ancient decree, surrounding the bird’s birth. |
Phoen 361. |
ðær
se
eadga
mot
||
eardes
neotan
Þǣr
sē
ēadĝa
mōt
||
eardes
nēotan,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AV || NI hs: V, aa: 1 |
Then the blessed creature is allowed to enjoy his home, |
Phoen 362. |
wyllestreama
||
wuduholtum
in
wielle-strēama
||
wudu-holtum
inn,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 300 ~+sx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A ~+ \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: NC || Np hs: w, ca: w, aa: 1, acp: 2A1 |
the welling streams in the woodlands, |
Phoen 363. |
wunian
in
wonge
||
oððæt
wintra
bið
wunian
on
wange,
||
oþ·þæt
wintra
biþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a ~+x|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: IP || NV hs: w, ca: w, lab: w, aa: D, da: D |
to dwell on the plain until a thousand years |
Phoen 364. |
ðusend
urnen
||
ðonne
him
weorðeð
þūsend
urnen.
||
Þonne
him
weorðeþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: Ns || aV hs: þ, lab: wþ, aa: 1 |
have passed. Then there comes |
Phoen 365. |
ende
lifes
||
hine
ad
ðeceð
ende
līfes;
||
hine
ād
þeċeþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NNg || NV hs: V, ca: V, lab: þ, aa: 1 |
the end of his life; the pyre covers him |
Phoen 366. |
ðurh
æledfyr
||
hwæðre
eft
cymeð
þurh
ǣled-fȳr.
||
Hwæðere
eft
cymeþ
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSxs || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || xx/Ssx Syntax: NC || aV hs: V, ca: V, aa: 1 |
with its burning flame. Yet, wondrously awoken, |
Phoen 367. |
aweaht
wrætlice
||
wundrum
to
life
ā·weaht
wrætlīċe
||
wundrum
tō
līfe.
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 xS|Sxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D1 x / | / \ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: sa || NP hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
he comes back amazingly to life. |
Phoen 368. |
forðon
he
drusende
||
deað
ne
bisorgað
For·þon
hē
drūsende
||
dēaþ
ne
be·sorĝaþ,
Bliss Scansion: d1c xxxSxx || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: C1 xxx / | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iA || NV hs: d, las: s, aa: 2 |
Therefore he does not mope and grieve for death, |
Phoen 369. |
sare
swyltcwale
||
ðe
him
symle
wat
sāre
swylt-cwale,
||
þe
him
simle
wāt
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || aV hs: s, las: s, aa: D, da: D |
the sorrowful agony of demise, |
Phoen 370. |
æfter
ligðræce
||
lif
edniwe
aefter
līeġ-þræce
||
līf
ed-nīewe,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || S/Ssx Syntax: NC || NA hs: l, lab: l, aa: 1 |
since he always knows that life will be renewed |
Phoen 371. |
feorh
æfter
fylle
||
ðonne
fromlice
feorh
aefter
fylle%,
||
þonne
framlīċe
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xxSx || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || xx/Ssx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 61, recto, Manuscript line: 13, Change by: scribe, editor. Reading emended: fylle Original reading: f^y^ille Syntax: NP || aa hs: f, lab: l, aa: Q, da: D |
after the plundering flame, life after death, |
Phoen 372. |
ðurh
briddes
had
||
gebreadad
weorðeð
þurh
briddes
hād
||
ġe·bredod
weorðeþ
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || a1a(2A1a) xSx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 x / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || sV hs: b, ac: br, law: w, aa: 1 |
when he is restored in bird-form again from the ashes, |
Phoen 373. |
eft
of
ascan
||
edgeong
weseð
eft
of
ascan,
||
ed-ġung
weseþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2A1 Ss|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || A2a / \ | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ss/Sx Syntax: aP || AV hs: V, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
becomes rejuvenated under the protection |
Phoen 374. |
under
swegles
hleo
||
bið
him
self
gehwæðer
under
sweġles
hleo.
||
Biþ
him
self
ġe·hwæðer
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2B1b xxS|x~+ Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || AA hs: s, ca: s, law: hw, xa: shsh, aa: Q |
of the sky. Yet he is himself |
Phoen 375. |
sunu
ond
swæs
fæder
||
ond
symle
eac
sunu
and
swǣs
fæder
||
and
simle
ēac
Bliss Scansion: N/A ~+|xS~x || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*2 ~+ x | / ~ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || aa hs: s, ca: s, las: V, aa: D, da: D |
both son and loving father, and likewise also |
Phoen 376. |
eft
yrfeweard
||
ealdre
lafe
eft
ierfe-weard
||
ealdre
lāfe.
Bliss Scansion: 1D4 S|Sxs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D4 / | / x \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: aN || AN hs: V, las: V, aa: D, da: D |
the heir again of the ancient inheritance. |
Phoen 377. |
forgeaf
him
se
meahta
||
moncynnes
fruma
For·ġeaf
him
sē
meahta
||
mann-cynnes
fruma
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 300 Ssx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / \ x | ~+ Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: iA || NgN hs: m, aa: 2 |
The mighty lord of mankind granted him |
Phoen 378. |
ðæt
he
swa
wrætlice
||
weorðan
sceolde
þæt
hē
swā
wrætlīċe
||
weorðan
sċolde
Bliss Scansion: d1c xxxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xxx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aa || IV hs: w, aa: 2 |
that he should become so wondrously again |
Phoen 379. |
eft
ðæt
ilce
||
ðæt
he
ær
ðon
wæs
eft
þæt
īlce
||
þæt
hē
ǣr
þon
wæs,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2B1b xxS|x$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: aA || aV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
the same creature that he was before, |
Phoen 380. |
feðrum
bifongen
||
ðeah
hine
fyr
nime
feðerum
be·fangen,
||
þēah
hine
fȳr
nime.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C2c xxxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: Nts || NV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
wrapped in feathers, though flame should take him. |
Phoen 381. |
swa
ðæt
ece
lif
||
eadigra
gehwylc
Swā
þæt
ēċe
līf
||
ēadiġra
ġe·hwelċ
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 3E*1 Sxx|xS Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / \ xx | / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Ssx/S Syntax: AN || AgA hs: V, aa: 1 |
So each of the blessed chooses for himself |
Phoen 382. |
æfter
sarwræce
||
sylf
geceoseð
aefter
sār-wræce
||
self
ġe·ċēoseþ
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || AV hs: s, aa: 1 |
that eternal life after sorrowful exile, |
Phoen 383. |
ðurh
deorcne
deað
||
ðæt
he
dryhtnes
mot
þurh
deorcne
dēaþ,
||
þæt
hē
dryhtnes
mōt
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || NV hs: d, aa: D, da: D |
through dark death, so that he afterwards |
Phoen 384. |
æfter
geardagum
||
geofona
neotan
aefter
ġār-daĝum
||
ġeofona
nēotan
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NI hs: g, aa: 1 |
may be permitted in later days to enjoy |
Phoen 385. |
on
sindreamum
||
ond
siððan
a
on
sīn-drēamum
||
and
siþþan
ā
Bliss Scansion: d2a xSsx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || aa hs: s, aa: 1 |
the gifts of the lord in perpetual bliss, |
Phoen 386. |
wunian
in
wuldre
||
weorca
to
leane
wunian
on
wuldre%
||
weorca
tō
lēane.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a ~+x|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 61, verso, Manuscript line: 1, Change by: editor. Reading emended: wuldre Original reading: worulde Syntax: IP || NP hs: w, law: l, aa: D, da: D |
and ever afterwards dwell in the world [or ‘glory’?] |
Phoen 387. |
ðisses
fugles
gecynd
||
fela
gelices
Þisses
fuĝoles
ġe·cynd
||
fela
ġe·līċes
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1c xxSx|xS || 1A1a ~+|xSx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | xx / || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || fNg hs: f, law: l, aa: 1 |
as a reward for their deeds. |
Phoen 388. |
bi
ðam
gecornum
||
cristes
ðegnum
be
þām
ġe·cornum
||
Crīstes
þeġnum
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || p Syntax: ds || NgN hs: c, aa: Q |
The nature of this bird points to a great similarity |
Phoen 389. |
beacnað
in
burgum
||
hu
hi
beorhtne
gefean
bēacnaþ
on
burgum,
||
hū
hīe
beorhtne
ġe·fēan
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: VP || AN hs: b, las: f, aa: D, da: D |
with those elect thegns of Christ in the dwelling-places, |
Phoen 390. |
ðurh
fæder
fultum
||
on
ðas
frecnan
tid
þurh
fæder
fultum
||
on
þās
frēcnan
tīd
Bliss Scansion: 2C1a x~+|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || AN hs: f, las: f, aa: D, da: D |
how they maintain under the heavens a shining joy |
Phoen 391. |
healdað
under
heofonum
||
ond
him
heanne
blæd
healdaþ
under
heofonum
||
and
him
hēanne
blǣd
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xx~+x || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | ~+ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: VP || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
with the support of the father in these dangerous times |
Phoen 392. |
in
ðam
uplican
||
eðle
gestrynað
on
þām
upplican
||
ēðle
ġe·strīenaþ.
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: dA || NV hs: V, ca: V, lab: V, aa: 2 |
lay up for themselves a lofty prosperity in the homeland above. |
Phoen 393. |
habbað
we
geascad
||
ðæt
se
ælmihtiga
Habbaþ
we
ġe·ascod%
||
þæt
sē
æl-mihtĝa
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || d2b xxSsx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Ssx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 61, verso, Manuscript line: 5, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: geascad Original reading: geascad Translitteratio: d/ð Syntax: Vs || AC hs: V, ca: V, lab: V, aa: 2 |
We have learned that the almighty |
Phoen 394. |
worhte
wer
ond
wif
||
ðurh
his
wundra
sped
worhte
wer
and
wīf
||
þurh
his
wundra
spēd,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1b xx$|xS || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || NgN hs: w, law: sp, aa: D, da: D |
created man and woman through the abundance of his miracles, |
Phoen 395. |
ond
hi
ða
gesette
||
on
ðone
selestan
and
hīe
þā
ġe·sette
||
on
þone
sēlostan
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || d1c xxxSxx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || 0 xxx / | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: dV || dA hs: s, law: s, aa: Q |
and then set them up in the best region of the earth, |
Phoen 396. |
foldan
sceata
||
ðone
fira
bearn
foldan
sċēata%,
||
þone
fīra
bearn
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 61, verso, Manuscript line: 7, Change by: editor. Reading emended: sceata Original reading: sceates Translitteratio: a/es Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: f, aa: 1 |
which the children of men call paradise, |
Phoen 397. |
nemnað
neorxnawong
||
ðær
him
nænges
wæs
nemnaþ
neorxna-wang,
||
ðǣr
him
nǣnġes
wæs
Bliss Scansion: 1D*5 Sx|Sxs || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: D*4 / x | / x \ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || AV hs: n, law: w, xa: nnwnw, aa: Q, da: D |
where there was no lack of bounty, |
Phoen 398. |
eades
onsyn
||
ðenden
eces
word
ēades
ansīen,
||
þenden
ēċes
word,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || xx/Sxs Syntax: NgN || AgN hs: V, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
for as long as they were willing to keep the word of the eternal one, |
Phoen 399. |
halges
hleoðorcwide
||
healdan
woldan
hālġes
hlēoðor-cwide,
||
healdan
woldon
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AgN || IV hs: h, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
the command of the holy one in that fresh joy. |
Phoen 400. |
on
ðam
niwan
gefean
||
ðær
him
nið
gescod
on
þām
nīewan
ġe·fēan.
||
Þǣr
him
nīþ
ġe·sċōd,
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1c xxSx|xS || 2B1b xxS|xS Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | xx / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || NV hs: n, aa: 1 |
There malice afflicted them, the spite of the ancient enemy, |
Phoen 401. |
ealdfeondes
æfest
||
se
him
æt
gebead
eald-fēondes
æfst,
||
sē
him
ǣt
ġe·bēad,
Bliss Scansion: 300 Ssx|~+ || 2B1b xxS|xS Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | ~+ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || NV hs: V, las: b, ia: V, aa: D, da: D |
who offered them food, the fruit of the tree, |
Phoen 402. |
beames
blede
||
ðæt
hi
bu
ðegun
bēames
blǣde,
||
þæt
hīe
bū
þǣĝon
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || AV hs: b, las: b, ia: b, aa: D, da: D |
so that through evil counsel they both tasted the apple, |
Phoen 403. |
æppel
unrædum
||
ofer
est
godes
æppel
unrǣdum
||
ofer
ēst
godes,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NNt || NNg hs: V, ia: V, aa: D, da: D |
savoured the forbidden thing against God’s behest; |
Phoen 404. |
byrgdon
forbodene
||
ðær
him
bitter
wearð
bierġdon
for·bodene.
||
Þǣr
him
bitter
wearþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|x~+x || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | ~+ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Vs || AV hs: b, ia: b, aa: D, da: D |
there was for them bitter sorrow after that eating, |
Phoen 405. |
yrmðu
æfter
æte
||
ond
hyra
eaferum
swa
iermþu
aefter
ǣte
||
and
hira
eaforum
swā,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 3B1c xxx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || 0 xxx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NP || Na hs: V, las: s, ia: V, aa: D, da: D |
and likewise for their offspring, |
Phoen 406. |
sarlic
symbel
||
sunum
ond
dohtrum
sārliċ
simble
||
sunum
and
dohtrum.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A1a ~+|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NcN hs: s, las: s, aa: D, da: D |
a painful feast for their suns and daughters. |
Phoen 407. |
wurdon
teonlice
||
toðas
idge
Wurdon%
tēonlīċe
||
tōðas
īdġe
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 61, verso, Manuscript line: 14, Change by: scribe, editor. Reading emended: Wurdon Original reading: w^v^ordon Syntax: Va || NA hs: t, law: V, aa: 2 |
Their busy teeth were grievously repaid for their sin; |
Phoen 408. |
ageald
æfter
gylte
||
hæfdon
godes
yrre
ā·ġeald
aefter
ġylte.
||
Hæfdon
godes
ierre,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b xS|xxSx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 x / xx | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: VP || NgA hs: g, law: V, aa: D, da: D |
they had God’s wrath, a bitter painful sorrow, |
Phoen 409. |
bittre
bealosorge
||
ðæs
ða
byre
siððan
bitere
bealu-sorĝe.
||
Þæs
þā
byre
siþþan
Bliss Scansion: 1D*2 Sx|~+sx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | ~+ \ x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || Na hs: b, xa: bbsbs, aa: D, da: D |
and ever since their children have paid for it with pain, |
Phoen 410. |
gyrne
onguldon
||
ðe
hi
ðæt
gyfl
ðegun
gryne
on·guldon,
||
þe
hīe
þæt
ġiefl
þǣĝon
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C1c xxxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xxx / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NV || NV hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
because the consumed that food |
Phoen 411. |
ofer
eces
word
||
forðon
hy
eðles
wyn
ofer
ēċes
word.
||
For·þon
hīe
ēðles
wynn
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AgN || NgN hs: V, xa: VwVw, aa: Q |
against the word of the Eternal one. Because of that, |
Phoen 412. |
geomormode
||
ofgiefan
sceoldon
ġōmor-mōde
||
of·ġiefan
sċoldon
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AC || IV hs: g, law: sc, aa: 1, acp: 2A1 |
sad at heart, they have had to give up |
Phoen 413. |
ðurh
nædran
nið
||
ða
heo
nearwe
biswac
þurh
nǣdran
nīþ,
||
þā
hēo
nearwe
be·swāc
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxxs Syntax: NgN || aV hs: n, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
the joy of their homeland, because of the snake’s malice, |
Phoen 414. |
yldran
usse
||
in
ærdagum
ieldran
ūsse
||
on
ǣr-daĝum
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AA || NC hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
when it closely deceived our ancestors in ancient days |
Phoen 415. |
ðurh
fæcne
ferð
||
ðæt
hi
feor
ðonan
þurh
fǣcne
ferhþ,
||
þæt
hīe
feorr
þonan
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 2C2b xx$|~x Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || aa hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
through a wicked heart, so that they far from there |
Phoen 416. |
in
ðas
deaðdene
||
drohtað
sohton
on
þās
dēað-dene
||
drohtaþ
sōhton,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NV hs: d, las: s, aa: D, da: D |
sought an abode, a more sorrowful dwelling-place |
Phoen 417. |
sorgfulran
gesetu
||
him
wearð
selle
lif
sorhfulran
ġe·setu.
||
Him
wearþ
selle
līf
Bliss Scansion: N/A Sxx|x~+ || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | ~+ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || AN hs: s, las: s, aa: D, da: D |
in this valley of death. A better life |
Phoen 418. |
heolstre
bihyded
||
ond
se
halga
wong
heolstre
be·hȳded
||
and
sē
hālĝa
wang
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Nts || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
was hidden in darkness, and the holy plain |
Phoen 419. |
ðurh
feondes
searo
||
fæste
bityned
þurh
fēondes
searu
||
fæste
be·tȳned
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|~+ || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x ~+ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || as hs: f, aa: 1 |
was securely closed through the plots |
Phoen 420. |
wintra
mengu
||
oððæt
wuldorcyning
wintra
meniġu,
||
oþ·þæt
wuldor-cyning
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || d3b xxS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NC hs: w, aa: 1 |
of the fiend for many years, |
Phoen 421. |
ðurh
his
hidercyme
||
halgum
togeanes
þurh
his
hider-cyme
||
hālĝum
tō·ġēanes%,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xx~+~x || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 62, recto, Manuscript line: 1, Change by: editor. Reading emended: togeanes Original reading: to heanes Translitteratio: g/h Syntax: NC || Aa hs: h, aa: 1 |
until the king of glory, through his advent, |
Phoen 422. |
moncynnes
gefea
||
meðra
frefrend
mann-cynnes
ġe·fēa,
||
mēðra
frēfrend,
Bliss Scansion: 3E*1 Ssx|xS || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || AgN hs: m, xa: mfmf, aa: Q |
mankind’s joy, the comforter of the weary, |
Phoen 423. |
ond
se
anga
hyht
||
eft
ontynde
and
sē
ānga
hiht,
||
eft
on·tȳnde.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || aV hs: V, aa: 1 |
and the only hope, opened it again to the holy. |
Phoen 424. |
is
ðon
gelicast
||
ðæs
ðe
us
leorneras
Is
þon
ġe·līcost,
||
þæs
þe
ūs
leorneras
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || d1c xxxSxx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Sxx Syntax: NA || iN hs: l, aa: Q |
Most like this, as the scholars |
Phoen 425. |
wordum
secgað
||
ond
writu
cyðað
wordum%
seċġaþ
||
and
writu
cȳðaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 62, recto, Manuscript line: 4, Change by: editor. Reading emended: wordum Original reading: weordum Syntax: NV || NV hs: w, aa: 1 |
tell us in words and writings reveal, |
Phoen 426. |
ðisses
fugles
gefær
||
ðonne
frod
ofgiefeð
þisses
fuĝoles
ġe·fær,
||
þonne
frōd
of·ġiefeþ
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1b xxSx|x$ || 2B1b xxS|x~+ Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | xx / || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: xx/Sxxs || xx/Sxs Syntax: NgN || AV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
is the journey of the bird when, full of experience |
Phoen 427. |
eard
ond
eðel
||
ond
geealdad
bið
eard
and
ēðel
||
and
ġe·ealdad
biþ.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || sV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
he gives up his land and home, and has grown old; |
Phoen 428. |
gewiteð
werigmod
||
wintrum
gebysgad
Ġe·wīteþ
wēriġ-mōd,
||
wintrum
ġe·bisiĝod,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSx|Sxs || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*4 x / x | / x \ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || Nts hs: w, aa: 1, da: D |
he travels weary-hearted, weighed down by years, |
Phoen 429. |
ðær
he
holtes
hleo
||
heah
gemeteð
ðǣr
hē
holtes
hleo
||
hēah
ġe·mēteþ,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || AV hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
to where he comes upon the lofty covering of the forest |
Phoen 430. |
in
ðam
he
getimbreð
||
tanum
ond
wyrtum
on
þām
hē
ġe·timbreþ
||
tānum
and
wyrtum
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iV || NcN hs: t, aa: 2 |
in which he builds with the noblest |
Phoen 431. |
ðam
æðelestum
||
eardwic
niwe
þām
æðelostum
||
eard-wīc
nīewe,
Bliss Scansion: d1a x~+xx || 2A1a Ss|Sx Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | / x || N/A / \ | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Ss/Sx Syntax: dN || NA hs: V, las: n, aa: 2 |
twigs and plants a new dwelling-place, |
Phoen 432. |
nest
on
bearwe
||
bið
him
neod
micel
nest
on
bearwe.
||
Biþ
him
nēod
miċel
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NP || NA hs: n, las: n, law: m, aa: 1 |
a nest in the grove; there is a great need for him |
Phoen 433. |
ðæt
he
feorhgeong
eft
||
onfon
mote
þæt
hē
feorh-ġung
eft
||
on·fōn
mōte
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2C1a xS|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 x / | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: Aa || IV hs: f, law: m, aa: 1 |
that he might be allowed to receive a spirit young again, |
Phoen 434. |
ðurh
liges
blæst
||
lif
æfter
deaðe
þurh
līeġes
blǣst
||
līf
aefter
dēaðe,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sxx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NP hs: l, aa: 1 |
through the blast of flame, life after death, |
Phoen 435. |
edgeong
wesan
||
ond
his
ealdcyððu
ed-ġung
wesan
||
and
his
eald-cȳþþu,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1 Ss|~x || d2b xxSsx Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | ~ x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AI || NC hs: V, aa: 1 |
be young again, and may be allowed to seek |
Phoen 436. |
sunbeorht
gesetu
||
secan
mote
sun-beorht
ġe·setu,
||
sēċan
mōte
Bliss Scansion: 2E2a Ss|x~+ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | ~+ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || IV hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
his ancestral home, his sun-bright settlement |
Phoen 437. |
æfter
fyrbaðe
||
swa
ða
foregengan
aefter
fȳr-baðe.
||
Swā
þā
fore-genġan,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || d2b xx~+sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NC || NC hs: f, lab: f, aa: 1 |
after the bath of fire; just so those ancestors, |
Phoen 438. |
yldran
usse
||
anforleton
ieldran
ūsse,
||
ān-for·lēton
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AA || VU hs: V, lab: f, aa: D, da: D, bcp: 1A1 |
our forebears, abandoned |
Phoen 439. |
ðone
wlitigan
wong
||
ond
wuldres
setl
þone
wlitiĝan
wang
||
and
wuldres
setl,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xx~+x|S || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 xx ~+ | x / || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || NgN hs: w, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
the beautiful plain and the lovely seat |
Phoen 440. |
leoflic
on
laste
||
tugon
longne
sið
lēofliċ
on
lāste,
||
tuĝon
langne
sīþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: AP || AN hs: l, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
of glory behind them, took a long journey |
Phoen 441. |
in
hearmra
hond
||
ðær
him
hettende
on
hearmra
hand,
||
ðǣr
him
hettende,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: AgN || iN hs: h, aa: Q, da: D |
into the hands of vicious creatures, where their enemies, |
Phoen 442. |
earme
aglæcan
||
oft
gescodan
earme
āĝlæċan,
||
oft
ġe·sċōdon.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || aV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
wretched attackers, often caused them harm. |
Phoen 443. |
wæron
hwæðre
monge
||
ða
ðe
meotude
wel
Wǣron
hwæðere
maniġe,
||
þā
þe
metode
wēl%
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 3B1b xx~+x|$ Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 62, recto, Manuscript line: 16, Change by: editor. Reading emended: wel Original reading: we Syntax: aA || Na hs: m, aa: 2 |
Yet there were many who obeyed the lord |
Phoen 444. |
gehyrdun
under
heofonum
||
halgum
ðeawum
ġe·hīerdum
under
heofonum
||
hālĝum
þēawum,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b xSx|xx~+x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 x / xxx | ~+ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VP || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
well in holy customs beneath the heavens, |
Phoen 445. |
dædum
domlicum
||
ðæt
him
dryhten
wearð
dǣdum
dōmlicum,
||
þæt
him
drihten
wearþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || NV hs: d, aa: D, da: D |
praiseworthy deeds, so that the lord, |
Phoen 446. |
heofona
heahcyning
||
hold
on
mode
heofona
hēah-cyning,
||
hold
on
mōde.
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 ~+x|S~x || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*2 ~+ x | / ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || AP hs: h, ca: h, aa: D, da: D |
the high king of heaven, |
Phoen 447. |
ðæt
is
se
hea
beam
||
in
ðam
halge
nu
Þæt
is
sē
hēa
bēam
||
on
þām
hālġe
nū
Bliss Scansion: 3B1c xxxSx|S || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 xxx / | x / || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || Aa hs: h, ca: h, aa: 1 |
was loyal towards them in his heart. |
Phoen 448. |
wic
weardiað
||
ðær
him
wihte
ne
mæg
wīċ
weardiaþ,
||
ðǣr
him
wihte
ne
mæġ
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 3B*1b xxSx|x$ Sievers Scansion: D2 / | / ~ x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: S/Sxx || x/Sxxs Syntax: NV || aV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
That is the lofty tree in which the holy now |
Phoen 449. |
ealdfeonda
nan
||
atre
sceððan
eald-fēonda
nan
||
ātre
sċieþþan,
Bliss Scansion: 300 Ssx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgA || NI hs: V, aa: 1 |
have their dwelling, where none of the ancient enemies |
Phoen 450. |
facnes
tacne
||
on
ðas
frecnan
tid
fācnes
tācne,
||
on
þās%
frēcnan
tīd.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 62, recto, Manuscript line: 20, Change by: editor. Reading emended: þas Original reading: þa Syntax: NgN || AN hs: f, xa: ftft, aa: Q |
can cause any harm with poison, |
Phoen 451. |
ðær
him
nest
wyrceð
||
wið
niða
gehwam
Þǣr
him
nest
wyrċeþ
||
wiþ
nīða
ġe·hwǣm
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xxS|Sx || 2B1a xSx|xS Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxxs Syntax: NV || NgN hs: n, aa: 1 |
with the sign of enmity in that dangerous time. |
Phoen 452. |
dædum
domlicum
||
dryhtnes
cempa
dǣdum
dōmlicum
||
dryhtnes
cempa,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NA || NgN hs: d, lab: d, aa: D, da: D |
There the champion of the lord builds a nest for himself |
Phoen 453. |
ðonne
he
ælmessan
||
earmum
dæleð
þonne
hē
ælmessan
||
earmum
dǣleþ,
Bliss Scansion: d1c xxxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xxx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iN || NV hs: V, las: d, lab: d, aa: 2 |
against malice with praiseworthy deeds, |
Phoen 454. |
dugeða
leasum
||
ond
him
dryhten
gecygð
duĝuþa
lēasum
||
and
him
drihten
ġe·cīeĝþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a ~+x|Sx || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: NgA || NV hs: d, las: d, aa: 1 |
when he doles out alms to the poor, |
Phoen 455. |
fæder
on
fultum
||
forð
onetteð
fæder
on
fultum,
||
forþ
ōnetteþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || S/Ssx Syntax: NP || aV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
to those bereft of benefits, |
Phoen 456. |
lænan
lifes
||
leahtras
dwæsceð
lǣnan
līfes
||
leahtras
dwǣsċeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NV hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
and calls out to the lord, |
Phoen 457. |
mirce
mandæde
||
healdeð
meotudes
æ
mierċe
mān-dǣde,
||
healdeþ
metodes
ǣ
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 3B1b xx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NNg || NgN hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
the father for support, hastens forth, |
Phoen 458. |
beald
in
breostum
||
ond
gebedu
seceð
beald
on
brēostum
||
and
ġe·bedu
sēċeþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AP || NV hs: b, lab: b, aa: D, da: D |
blots out the sins of this fleeting life, |
Phoen 459. |
clænum
gehygdum
||
ond
his
cneo
bigeð
clǣnum
ġe·hyġdum
||
and
his
cnēo
bīġeþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || NV hs: c, lab: b, aa: 1 |
the dark deeds of sin, keeps god’s law, |
Phoen 460. |
æðele
to
eorðan
||
flyhð
yfla
gehwylc
æðele
tō
eorðan,
||
flīehþ
yfela
ġe·hwelċ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a ~+x|xSx || 2B1a xSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: AP || NgA hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
brave in his heart, and seeks prayers |
Phoen 461. |
grimme
gieltas
||
for
godes
egsan
grymme
ġieltas,
||
for
godes
eġesan,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || NgN hs: g, ca: g, aa: D, da: D |
in clean thoughts, and bends his knee nobly to the earth, |
Phoen 462. |
glædmod
gyrneð
||
ðæt
he
godra
mæst
glæd-mōd
ġierneþ
||
þæt
hē
gōdra
mǣst
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Ss|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AV || AgA hs: g, ca: g, xa: gmggm, aa: D, da: D |
flees every evil, grim sins for fear of God, |
Phoen 463. |
dæda
gefremme
||
ðam
bið
dryhten
scyld
dǣda
ġe·fremme;
||
þām
biþ
drihten
sċield
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NV || NN hs: d, aa: 1 |
glad at heart yearns to perform |
Phoen 464. |
in
siða
gehwane
||
sigora
waldend
on
sīða
ġe·hwone,
||
siĝora
wealdend,
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1a xSx|x~+ || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx ~+ || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: s, las: w, lab: s, aa: 1 |
the most good deeds; the lord is a shield to him |
Phoen 465. |
weoruda
wilgiefa
||
ðis
ða
wyrta
sind
weoroda
will-ġiefa.
||
Þis
þā
wyrta
sind,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 ~+x|S~x || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*2 ~+ x | / ~ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || NV hs: w, ca: w, las: w, lab: s, aa: D, da: D |
in every journey, the ruler of victories, |
Phoen 466. |
wæstma
blede
||
ða
se
wilda
fugel
wæstma
blǣde,
||
þā
sē
wilda
fuĝol
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || AN hs: w, ca: w, lab: w, aa: 1 |
a willing benefactor of hosts. These are the herbs, |
Phoen 467. |
somnað
under
swegle
||
side
ond
wide
samnaþ
under
sweġle
||
sīde
and
wīde
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VP || aca hs: s, las: w, lab: w, aa: D, da: D |
the fruits of plants, that the wild bird |
Phoen 468. |
to
his
wicstowe
||
ðær
he
wundrum
fæst
tō
his
wīc-stōwe,
||
ðǣr
hē
wundrum
fæst
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || NtA hs: w, las: w, lab: w, aa: 1 |
gathers under the sky far and wide to his dwelling-place, |
Phoen 469. |
wið
niða
gehwam
||
nest
gewyrceð
wiþ
nīða
ġe·hwǣm
||
nest
ġe·wyrċeþ.
Bliss Scansion: 2B1a xSx|xS || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: B2 x / | xx / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NV hs: n, las: w, lab: w, aa: 1 |
where secure in roots he builds a nest against malice. |
Phoen 470. |
swa
nu
in
ðam
wicum
||
willan
fremmað
Swā
nū
on
þām
wīcum
||
willan
fremmaþ
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aP || IV hs: w, las: w, aa: 2 |
So now in those dwellings the champions of the creator |
Phoen 471. |
mode
ond
mægne
||
meotudes
cempan
mōde
and
mæġene
||
metodes
cempan,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || NgN hs: m, ca: m, aa: D, da: D |
perform according to will, with courage and strength, |
Phoen 472. |
mærða
tilgað
||
ðæs
him
meorde
wile
mǣrþa
tilĝaþ;
||
þæs
him
meorde
wile
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NV || NV hs: m, ca: m, aa: 1 |
accomplish great deeds; for that the eternal almighty |
Phoen 473. |
ece
ælmihtig
||
eadge
forgildan
ēċe
æl-mehtiġ
||
ēadġe
for·ġieldan.
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AA || AI hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
will repay them blessedly with a reward. |
Phoen 474. |
beoð
him
of
ðam
wyrtum
||
wic
gestaðelad
Bēoþ
him
of
þām
wyrtum
||
wīċ
ġe·staðolod
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A1a S|x~+x Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | ~+ x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iP || Ns hs: w, ca: w, aa: 2 |
From those herbs a dwelling shall be established |
Phoen 475. |
in
wuldres
byrig
||
weorca
to
leane
on
wuldres
byriġ
||
weorca
tō
lēane,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|~+ || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x ~+ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NP hs: w, ca: w, law: l, aa: 1 |
in the city of glory as a recompense for their deeds, |
Phoen 476. |
ðæs
ðe
hi
geheoldan
||
halge
lare
þæs
þe
hīe
ġe·hēoldon
||
hālġe
lāre
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iV || AN hs: h, ca: h, law: l, aa: D |
because they kept the holy teachings |
Phoen 477. |
hate
æt
heortan
||
hige
weallende
hāte
æt
heortan%,
||
hyġe
weallende
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1D1 ~+|Sxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A ~+ | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || S/Ssx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 62, verso, Manuscript line: 16, Change by: editor. Reading emended: heortan Original reading: eortan Syntax: AP || NA hs: h, ca: h, aa: D, da: D |
hot in their hearts. Their seething souls, |
Phoen 478. |
dæges
ond
nihtes
||
dryhten
lufiað
dæġes
and
nihtes
||
drihten
lufiaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 2A1a Sx|~+x Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || N/A / x | ~+ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || NV hs: d, las: l, aa: 1 |
day and night love the lord, |
Phoen 479. |
leohte
geleafan
||
leofne
ceosað
lēohte
ġe·lēafan
||
lēofne
ċēosaþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 62, verso, Manuscript line: 17, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: geleafan Original reading: geleafan Translitteratio: fa/n Syntax: AN || AV hs: l, las: l, aa: D, da: D |
with brilliant faith they choose the dear one |
Phoen 480. |
ofer
woruldwelan
||
ne
bið
him
wynne
hyht
ofer
weorold-welan;
||
ne
biþ
him
wynne
hiht
Bliss Scansion: N/A xx~+~x || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | ~ x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || NgN hs: w, lab: w, aa: D, da: D |
above worldly wealth: there is no joyful hope for them |
Phoen 481. |
ðæt
hy
ðis
læne
lif
||
long
gewunien
þæt
hīe
þis
lǣne
līf
||
lang
ġe·wunien.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1c xxxSx|S || 1A1a S|x~+x Sievers Scansion: B1 xxx / | x / || N/A / x | ~+ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 62, verso, Manuscript line: 18, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: hy Original reading: hy Syntax: AN || aI hs: l, lab: w, aa: D, da: D |
that they should long remain in this fleeting life. |
Phoen 482. |
ðus
eadig
eorl
||
ecan
dreames
Þus
ēadiġ
eorl
||
ēċan
drēames,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || AN hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
Thus does the blessed man earn with valour eternal joy, |
Phoen 483. |
heofona
hames
||
mid
heahcyning
heofona
hāmes
||
mid
hēah-cyning
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a ~+x|Sx || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NC hs: h, law: c, aa: D, da: D |
a home in the heavens, until the end of his day comes, |
Phoen 484. |
earnað
on
elne
||
oððæt
ende
cymeð
earnaþ
on
elne,
||
oþ·þæt
ende
cymeþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: VP || NV hs: V, law: c, aa: D, da: D |
when he death, the warrior keen for carnage, |
Phoen 485. |
dogorrimes
||
ðonne
deað
nimeð
dōĝor-rīmes,
||
þonne
dēaþ
nimeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NC || NV hs: d, aa: 1, acp: 2A1 |
made strong by weapons, takes the life of every one, |
Phoen 486. |
wiga
wælgifre
||
wæpnum
geðryðed
wiĝa
wæl-ġīfre,
||
wǣpnum
ġe·þrȳðed,
Bliss Scansion: 1D2 ~+|Ssx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | / \ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NA || Nts hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
and swiftly sends into the bosom of the earth the fleeting bodies, |
Phoen 487. |
ealdor
anra
gehwæs
||
ond
in
eorðan
fæðm
ealdor
ānra
ġe·hwæs
||
and
on
eorðan
fæðm
Bliss Scansion: N/A Sx|Sxxs || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D4 / x | / xx \ || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NNg || NgN hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
deprived of souls, where they shall be long |
Phoen 488. |
snude
sendeð
||
sawlum
binumene
snūde
sendeþ%
||
sāwlum
be·numene
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|x~+x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | ~+ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 63, recto, Manuscript line: 1, Change by: editor. Reading emended: sendeð Original reading: sendað Translitteratio: a/e Syntax: aV || Nts hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
covered in earth until the coming of flame. |
Phoen 489. |
læne
lichoman
||
ðær
hi
longe
beoð
lǣne
līċ-haman,
||
ðǣr
hīe
lange
bēoþ
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || aV hs: l, law: b, aa: D, da: D |
Then many of mankind will be brought |
Phoen 490. |
oð
fyres
cyme
||
foldan
biðeahte
oþ
fȳres
cyme
||
foldan
be·þeahte.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|~+ || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x ~+ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || Nts hs: f, law: b, aa: 1 |
to the gathering: the father of angels, |
Phoen 491. |
ðonne
monge
beoð
||
on
gemot
læded
Þonne
maniġe
bēoþ
||
on
ġe·mōt
lǣded%
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || x/Ssx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 63, recto, Manuscript line: 3, Change by: editor. Reading emended: læded Original reading: lædaþ Translitteratio: aþ/ed Syntax: AV || Ns hs: m, aa: 1 |
the true king of victories, the lord of hosts, |
Phoen 492. |
fyra
cynnes
||
wile
fæder
engla
fīra
cynnes;
||
wile
fæder
engla,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NNg hs: f, aa: 1 |
will strike a synod, judge after what is due. |
Phoen 493. |
sigora
soðcyning
||
seonoð
gehegan
siĝora
sōþ-cyning,
||
seonoþ
ġe·hēġan,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 ~+x|S~x || 1A1a ~+|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*2 ~+ x | / ~ x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NI hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
Then all men on earth shall achieve |
Phoen 494. |
duguða
dryhten
||
deman
mid
ryhte
duĝuþa
drihten,
||
dēman
mid
rihte.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a ~+x|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || IP hs: d, aa: D, da: D |
resurrection, just as the mighty king, |
Phoen 495. |
ðonne
æriste
||
ealle
gefremmað
Þonne
ǣriste
||
ealle
ġe·fremmaþ
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 63, recto, Manuscript line: 5, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: fremmaþ Original reading: fremmaþ Syntax: NC || AV hs: V, aa: 1 |
the prince of angels summons them, |
Phoen 496. |
men
on
moldan
||
swa
se
mihtiga
cyning
menn
on
moldan,
||
swā
sē
mihtĝa
cyning
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a $|xSx || N/A xxSxx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NP || AN hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
the saviour of souls across the wide earth |
Phoen 497. |
beodeð
brego
engla
||
byman
stefne
bēodeþ,
breĝu
engla,
||
bīeman
stefe
Bliss Scansion: 1D*2 Sx|~+sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | ~+ \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NNg || NgN hs: b, aa: 1, da: D |
with the trumpet’s sound. |
Phoen 498. |
ofer
sidne
grund
||
sawla
nergend
ofer
sīdne
grund,
||
sāwla
nerġend.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NgN hs: s, aa: 1 |
Dark death shall be ended for the blessed |
Phoen 499. |
bið
se
deorca
deað
||
dryhtnes
meahtum
Biþ
sē
deorca
dēaþ
||
dryhtnes
meahtum
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NgN hs: d, aa: D, da: D |
through the might of the lord. The noble ones depart, |
Phoen 500. |
eadgum
geendad
||
æðele
hweorfað
ēadĝum
ġe·endod.
||
Æðele
hweorfaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: As || AV hs: V, law: hw, aa: D, da: D |
massing in throngs, and then |
Phoen 501. |
ðreatum
ðringað
||
ðonne
ðeos
woruld
þrēatum
þringaþ,
||
þonne
þēos
weorold,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NV || aN hs: þ, ac: þr, aca: þr, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
this sin-working world burns in shame, |
Phoen 502. |
scyldwyrcende
||
in
scome
byrneð
sċyld-wyrċende,
||
on
sċame
byrneþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: D1 / | / \ x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: AC || PV hs: sc, aa: 1, acp: 1D1 |
kindled with flame. Every single one will become |
Phoen 503. |
ade
onæled
||
weorðeð
anra
gehwylc
āde
on·ǣled.
||
Weorðeþ
ānra
ġe·hwelċ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxxs Syntax: Nts || AgA hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
fearful in heart when fire razes |
Phoen 504. |
forht
on
ferððe
||
ðonne
fyr
briceð
forht
on
ferhþe,
||
þonne
fȳr
briceþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Ssx Syntax: AP || NV hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
the fleeting land’s wealth, flame consumes |
Phoen 505. |
læne
londwelan
||
lig
eal
ðigeð
lǣne
land-welan,
||
līeġ
eall
þiġeþ
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 1D3 S|S~x Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || A2a / \ | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || S/Ssx Syntax: AN || NV hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
entirely the accumulated property |
Phoen 506. |
eorðan
æhtgestreon
||
æpplede
gold
eorðan
ǣht-ġe·strēon,
||
æplede
gold
Bliss Scansion: 1D*5 Sx|Sxs || 3 E1 Sxx|S Sievers Scansion: D*4 / x | / x \ || N/A / ~ x | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || ? Syntax: NgN || AN hs: V, las: g, aa: D, da: D |
of the earth, greedily seizes |
Phoen 507. |
gifre
forgripeð
||
grædig
swelgeð
ġīfre
for·grīpeþ,
||
grǣdiġ
swelġeþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AV || AV hs: g, ac: gr, las: g, aa: D, da: D |
appled gold, hungrily swallows |
Phoen 508. |
londes
frætwe
||
ðonne
on
leoht
cymeð
landes
frætwe.
||
Þonne
on
lēoht
cymeþ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C2c xxxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NgN || PV hs: l, aa: 1 |
the trappings of the land. Then to men |
Phoen 509. |
ældum
ðisses
||
in
ða
openan
tid
ældum
þisses
||
on
þā
openan
tīd
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Ad || AN hs: V, law: t, aa: 1 |
at that manifest time into the light comes, |
Phoen 510. |
fæger
ond
gefealic
||
fugles
tacen
fǣġer
and
ġe·fēaliċ
||
fuĝoles
tācen,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b ~+|xxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AcA || NgN hs: f, law: t, aa: D, da: D |
beautiful and joyous, the symbol of this bird [tmesis?], |
Phoen 511. |
ðonne
anwald
eal
||
up
astelleð
þonne
anweald
eall
||
up
ā·stelleþ%
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|$ || 1A1a $|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 63, recto, Manuscript line: 15, Change by: editor. Reading emended: astelleð Original reading: astellað Translitteratio: a/e Syntax: NA || aV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
when the sole power raises up all, |
Phoen 512. |
of
byrgenum
||
ban
gegædrað
of
byrġenum,
||
bān
ġe·ġædra%ð,
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 63, recto, Manuscript line: 15, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: gegædrað Original reading: ge ‧ gædrað Syntax: NC || NV hs: b, law: g, aa: 1 |
gathers the bones from graves, |
Phoen 513. |
leomu
lic
somod
||
ond
lifes
gæst
leomu
līċ
samod
||
and
līfes%
gǣst,
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 ~+|S~x || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: D2 ~+ | / ~ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 63, recto, Manuscript line: 16, Change by: editor. Reading emended: lifes Original reading: liges Translitteratio: f/g Syntax: NNa || NgN hs: l, law: g, lab: l, aa: D, da: D |
limbs and bodies together, and the spirit of life |
Phoen 514. |
fore
cristes
cneo
||
cyning
ðrymlice
fore
Cristes
cnēo.
||
Cyning
þrymlīċe
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 1D1 ~+|Sxx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A ~+ | / \ x Russom Scansion: p || S/Ssx Syntax: NgN || Na hs: c, lab: l, aa: D, da: D |
before Christ’s knee. Mightily the king |
Phoen 515. |
of
his
heahsetle
||
halgum
scineð
of
his
hēah-setle
||
hālĝum
sċīeneþ,
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NV hs: h, aa: 1 |
from his throne shines on the holy ones, |
Phoen 516. |
wlitig
wuldres
gim
||
wel
bið
ðam
ðe
mot
wlitiġ
wuldres
ġimm.
||
Wēl
biþ
þām
þe
mōt
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || Rem. $|xxxS Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || N/A / \ xx | / Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || Ssx/S Syntax: AN || aV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
the beautiful gem of glory. It shall be well for the ones |
Phoen 517. |
in
ða
geomran
tid
||
gode
lician
on
þā
ġōmran
tīd
||
gode
līċian.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 1D1 ~+|Sxx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A ~+ | / ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || S/Sxx Syntax: AN || NI hs: g, las: l, aa: 1 |
who are permitted to please God in that terrible time. |
Phoen 518. |
ðær
ða
lichoman
||
leahtra
clæne
Þǣr
þā
līċ-haman,
||
leahtra
clǣne,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NgA hs: l, las: l, aa: 1 |
There the bodies clean of sinful blemishes, |
Phoen 519. |
gongað
glædmode
||
gæstas
hweorfað
gangaþ
glæd-mōde,
||
gæstas
hweorfaþ
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AC || NV hs: g, aa: 1, da: D |
glad at heart will go, the spirits turn |
Phoen 520. |
in
banfatu
||
ðonne
bryne
stigeð
on
bān-fatu,
||
þonne
bryne
stīġeþ
Bliss Scansion: d3a xS~x || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || xx/Ssx Syntax: NC || NV hs: b, aa: 1 |
to their bone-vessels, while the burning mounts |
Phoen 521. |
heah
to
heofonum
||
hat
bið
monegum
hēah
tō
heofonum.
||
Hāt
biþ
maniĝum
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|x~+x || 1A1a S|x~+x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | ~+ x || N/A / x | ~+ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AP || NvA hs: h, lab: h, aa: D, da: D |
high into the heavens; for many a terrible |
Phoen 522. |
egeslic
æled
||
ðonne
anra
gehwylc
eġesliċ
ǣled,
||
þonne
ānra
ġe·hwelċ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a ~+x|Sx || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxxs Syntax: As || AgA hs: V, lab: hw, aa: D, da: D |
hot heat will be kindled, when everyone, |
Phoen 523. |
soðfæst
ge
synnig
||
sawel
mid
lice
sōþfæst
ġē
synniġ,
||
sāwol
mid
līċe,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AcA || NP hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
righteous and sinful, soul and body, |
Phoen 524. |
from
moldgrafum
||
seceð
meotudes
dom
fram
mold-grafum
||
sēċeþ
metodes
dōm,
Bliss Scansion: d3a xS~x || 3B1b xx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NC || NgN hs: m, aa: 1 |
from out of their graves in the ground |
Phoen 525. |
forhtafæred
||
fyr
bið
on
tihte
forht-ā·fǣred.
||
Fȳr
biþ
on
tyhte,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AC || NvP hs: f, aa: D, da: D, acp: 1A1 |
seeks the Creator’s judgement, |
Phoen 526. |
æleð
uncyste
||
ðær
ða
eadgan
beoð
ǣleþ
uncyste.
||
Þǣr
þā
ēadĝan
bēoþ
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 ~+|Sxx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | / \ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || AV hs: V, ia: V, aa: 1, da: D |
sore afraid. Fire is on the march, |
Phoen 527. |
æfter
wræchwile
||
weorcum
bifongen
aefter
wræc-hwīle
||
weorcum
be·fangen,
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || Nts hs: w, ia: w, aa: 1 |
it burns up sins. There the blessed |
Phoen 528. |
agnum
dædum
||
ðæt
ða
æðelan
sind
āĝnum
dǣdum.
||
Þæt
þā
æðelan
sind
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xx~+x|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || AV hs: V, ia: V, aa: 1 |
are wrapped in their works after a time of exile, |
Phoen 529. |
wyrta
wynsume
||
mid
ðam
se
wilda
fugel
wyrta
wynsume,
||
mid
þām
sē
wilda
fuĝol
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 3B1c xxxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 xxx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || AN hs: w, ia: w, aa: D, da: D |
their own deeds: these are the noble, |
Phoen 530. |
his
sylfes
nest
||
biseteð
utan
his
selfes
nest
||
be·seteþ
ūtan,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: AgN || Va hs: s, aa: 1 |
lovely herbs with which the wild bird |
Phoen 531. |
ðæt
hit
færinga
||
fyre
byrneð
þæt
hit
fǣringa
||
fȳre
byrneþ,
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: ia || NV hs: f, aa: 2 |
surrounds his own nest on the outside |
Phoen 532. |
forsweleð
under
sunnan
||
ond
he
sylfa
mid
for·sweleþ
under
sunnan
||
and
hē
selfa
mid,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b x~+|xxSx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 x ~+ xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: VP || Aa hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
so that it suddenly burns in flame, |
Phoen 533. |
ond
ðonne
æfter
lige
||
lif
eft
onfehð
and
þonne
aefter
līeġe
||
līf
eft
on·fēhð
Bliss Scansion: a1e xxxxxSx || 1D4 S|Sxs Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxxx / x || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || S/Sxs Syntax: aP || NV hs: l, aa: 2 |
blazes under the sun, and he himself with it, |
Phoen 534. |
edniwinga
||
swa
bið
anra
gehwylc
ed-nīewunga.
||
Swā
biþ
ānra
ġe·hwelċ
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: D1 / | / \ x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Sxxs Syntax: NC || AgA hs: V, aa: 1, acp: 1D1 |
and then after the fire takes on life again, |
Phoen 535. |
flæsce
bifongen
||
fira
cynnes
flǣsċe
be·fangen
||
fīra
cynnes,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: Nts || NgN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
anew. Just so is every one |
Phoen 536. |
ænlic
ond
edgeong
||
se
ðe
his
agnum
her
ǣnliċ
and
ed-ġung,
||
sē
þe
his
āĝnum
hēr
Bliss Scansion: 1A*2 Sx|xSs || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A2b / xx | / \ || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxs Syntax: AcA || Aa hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
of the race of men, wrapped in flesh, |
Phoen 537. |
willum
gewyrceð
||
ðæt
him
wuldorcyning
willum
ġe·wyrċeþ
||
þæt
him
wuldor-cyning
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || d3b xxS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NV || NC hs: w, lab: w, aa: D, da: D |
peerless and young again, who acts |
Phoen 538. |
meahtig
æt
ðam
mæðle
||
milde
geweorðeð
mehtiġ
æt
þām
mæðele
||
milde
ġe·weorðeþ.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AP || AV hs: m, lab: w, aa: D, da: D |
through his own wishes, so that the king of glory, |
Phoen 539. |
ðonne
hleoðriað
||
halge
gæstas
Þonne
hlēoðriaþ
||
hālġe
gæstas,
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aV || AN hs: h, lab: h, aa: 2 |
mighty in the assembly, becomes gracious. |
Phoen 540. |
sawla
soðfæste
||
song
ahebbað
sāwla
sōþfæste,
||
sang
ā·hebbaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NA || NV hs: s, lab: h, aa: D, da: D |
Then holy spirits, righteous souls, call out, raise a song, |
Phoen 541. |
clæne
ond
gecorene
||
hergað
cyninges
ðrym
clǣne
and
ġe·corene,
||
herġaþ
cininges
þrymm,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xx~+x || 3B1b xx~+x|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | ~+ x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || xx/Sxs Syntax: Acs || NgN hs: c, aa: D, da: D |
the pure and elect, praise the power of the king, |
Phoen 542. |
stefn
æfter
stefne
||
stigað
to
wuldre
stefn
aefter
stefne,
||
stīĝaþ
tō
wuldre
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NP || VP hs: st, las: w, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
voice upon voice, rise up into glory, |
Phoen 543. |
wlitige
gewyrtad
||
mid
hyra
weldædum
wlitiġe
ġe·wyrtod
||
mid
hira
wēl-dǣdum.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a ~+x|xSx || d2c xxxSsx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || 0 xxx / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: as || NC hs: w, las: w, law: w, aa: D, da: D |
beautifully bedecked with herbs with their good deeds. |
Phoen 544. |
beoð
ðonne
amerede
||
monna
gæstas
Bēoþ
þonne
ā·merede
||
manna
gæstas,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxx~+x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx ~+ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: as || NgN hs: m, aa: 2 |
The spirits of men are then purified, |
Phoen 545. |
beorhte
abywde
||
ðurh
bryne
fyres
beorhte
ā·bīewde
||
þurh
bryne
fȳres.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: as || NNg hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
brightly refined through the burning of the fire. |
Phoen 546. |
ne
wene
ðæs
ænig
||
ælda
cynnes
Ne
wēne
þæs
ǣniġ
||
ielda
cynnes
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VA || NgN hs: V, aa: 2 |
Let none of the race of men expect |
Phoen 547. |
ðæt
ic
lygewordum
||
leoð
somnige
þæt
iċ
lyġe-wordum
||
lēoþ
samnie,
Bliss Scansion: d2b xx~+sx || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || N/A / | / ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || S/Sxx Syntax: NC || NV hs: l, aa: 1 |
that I am compiling a poem in lying words, |
Phoen 548. |
write
woðcræfte
||
gehyrað
witedom
write
woþ-cræfte.
||
Ġe·hīeraþ
wītedōm
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: VN || VN hs: w, aa: Q, da: D |
writing poetry. Listen to the wisdom |
Phoen 549. |
iobes
gieddinga
||
ðurh
gæstes
blæd
Iobes
ġieddunga.
||
Þurh
gæstes
blǣd
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: p || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || NgN hs: g, las: b, aa: D, da: D |
of Job’s songs. Inspired in his breast |
Phoen 550. |
breostum
onbryrded
||
beald
reordade
brēostum
on·bryrded,
||
beald
reordode,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / | / ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || S/Sxx Syntax: Nts || AV hs: b, ac: br, las: b, aa: D, da: D |
through the bounty of the spirit, the bold one spoke; |
Phoen 551. |
wuldre
geweorðad
||
he
ðæt
word
gecwæð
wuldre
ġe·weorðod;
||
hē
þæt
word
ġe·cwæþ:
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2B1b xxS|x$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Nts || NV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
gloriously exalted, he spoke these words: |
Phoen 552. |
ic
ðæt
ne
forhycge
||
heortan
geðoncum
‘Iċ
þæt
ne
for·hyċġe
||
heortan
ġe·þancum,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: dV || NgN hs: h, aa: 2 |
‘I do not disdain in the thoughts of my heart |
Phoen 553. |
ðæt
ic
in
minum
neste
||
neobed
ceose
þæt
iċ
on
mīnum
neste
||
nēo-bedd
ċēose,
Bliss Scansion: a1e xxxxxSx || 2A1a Ss|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxxx / x || N/A / \ | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Ss/Sx Syntax: AN || NV hs: n, aa: 2 |
that I should choose a deathbed in my nest, |
Phoen 554. |
hæle
hrawerig
||
gewite
hean
ðonan
hǣle
hrā-wēriġ,
||
ġe·wīte
hēan
þonan
Bliss Scansion: 1D2 ~+|Ssx || 2C2c xxxS|~x Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ | / \ x || 0 xxx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: NA || Aa hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
a man corpse-weary, depart sadly from there, |
Phoen 555. |
on
longne
sið
||
lame
bitolden
on
langne
sīþ,
||
lame
be·tolden,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || Nts hs: l, aa: 1 |
on a long journey, covered in clay, |
Phoen 556. |
geomor
gudæda
||
in
greotes
fæðm
ġōmor
ġō-dǣda,
||
on
grēotes
fæðm,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: ANg || NgN hs: g, lab: g, aa: D, da: D |
sad about my former deeds, into the soil’s embrace, |
Phoen 557. |
ond
ðonne
æfter
deaðe
||
ðurh
dryhtnes
giefe
and
þonne
aefter
dēaðe
||
þurh
dryhtnes
ġiefe
Bliss Scansion: a1e xxxxxSx || 3B1a xSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxxx / x || 0 x / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: aP || NgN hs: d, lab: g, aa: 2 |
and then after death, through the lord’s grace, |
Phoen 558. |
swa
se
fugel
fenix
||
feorh
edniwe
swā
sē
fuĝol
fenix
||
feorh
ed-nīewe
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx~+|Sx || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: p || S/Ssx Syntax: NN || NA hs: f, las: V, aa: D, da: D |
be permitted, just as the phoenix-bird, |
Phoen 559. |
æfter
æriste
||
agan
mote
aefter
ǣriste
||
āĝan
mōte,
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 64, verso, Manuscript line: 3, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: agan Original reading: agan Syntax: NC || IV hs: V, las: V, aa: 1 |
to have life renewed after resurrection, |
Phoen 560. |
dreamas
mid
dryhten
||
ðær
seo
deore
scolu
drēamas
mid
drihten,
||
ðǣr
sēo
dēore
sċolu
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NP || AN hs: d, ac: dr, aca: dr, acc: dr, aa: D, da: D |
pleasures with the lord, where that dear host |
Phoen 561. |
leofne
lofiað
||
ic
ðæs
lifes
ne
mæg
lēofne
lofiaþ.
||
Iċ
þæs
līfes
ne
mæġ
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|~+x || 3B*1b xxSx|x$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | ~+ x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: AV || NV hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
praise the beloved one. I cannot ever at all, |
Phoen 562. |
æfre
to
ealdre
||
ende
gebidan
ǣfre
tō
ealdre
||
ende
ġe·bīdan,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: aP || NI hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
experience an end of that life, |
Phoen 563. |
leohtes
ond
lissa
||
ðeah
min
lic
scyle
lēohtes
and
lissa.
||
Þēah
min
līċ
sċyle
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2C2b xxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NcN || NV hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
of life and of joys. Though my body must |
Phoen 564. |
on
moldærne
||
molsnad
weorðan
on
mold-ærne
||
molsnod
weorðan
Bliss Scansion: d2a xSsx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || sI hs: m, las: w, aa: 1 |
grow mouldy in its earth-hall, |
Phoen 565. |
wyrmum
to
willan
||
swa
ðeah
weoruda
god
wyrmum
tō
willan,
||
swā
þēah
weoroda
god
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xx~+x|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NP || NgN hs: w, las: w, aa: D, da: D |
as a pleasure for worms, just so the God of hosts, |
Phoen 566. |
æfter
swylthwile
||
sawle
alyseð
aefter
swylt-hwīle
||
sāwle
ā·līeseþ
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NV hs: s, aa: 1 |
after the time of death, frees my soul |
Phoen 567. |
ond
in
wuldor
aweceð
||
me
ðæs
wen
næfre
and
on
wuldor
ā·weċeþ.
||
Mē
þæs
wēn
nǣfre
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1b xxSx|x~+ || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | xx ~+ || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || x/Ssx Syntax: PV || Va hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
and awakens it to glory. The hope of this will never |
Phoen 568. |
forbirsteð
in
breostum
||
ðe
ic
in
brego
engla
for·birsteþ
on
brēostum,
||
þe
iċ
on
breĝu
engla
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a xSx|xSx || d2c xxx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 x / xx | / x || 0 xxx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: VP || NNg hs: b, ac: br, acc: br, aa: D, da: D |
fail in my heart, since I have a secure |
Phoen 569. |
forðweardne
gefean
||
fæste
hæbbe
forþ·weardne
ġe·fēan
||
fæste
hæbbe.’
Bliss Scansion: 3E*1 Sxx|xS || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || aV hs: f, ca: f, aa: D, da: D |
and lasting joy in the prince of angels.’ |
Phoen 570. |
ðus
frod
guma
||
on
fyrndagum
Þus
frōd
guma
||
on
fyrn-daĝum
Bliss Scansion: 2C2a xS|~x || d3a xS~x Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || 0 x / | ~ x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || NC hs: f, ca: f, aa: 1 |
Thus the wise man, prudent at heart, |
Phoen 571. |
gieddade
gleawmod
||
godes
spelboda
ġieddode
glēaw-mōd,
||
godes
spell-boda,
Bliss Scansion: 2A2 Sxx|Ss || 1D1 ~+|S~x Sievers Scansion: A2b / xx | / \ || N/A ~+ | / ~ x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Ss || S/Ssx Syntax: VN || NgN hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
sang in ancient days, God’s preacher, |
Phoen 572. |
ymb
his
æriste
||
in
ece
lif
ymb
his
ǣriste
||
on
ēċe
līf,
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || AN hs: V, aa: 1 |
concerning his resurrection into eternal life, |
Phoen 573. |
ðæt
we
ðy
geornor
||
ongietan
meahten
þæt
we
þȳ
ġeornor
||
on·ġietan
meahten
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: da || IV hs: g, aa: 2 |
so that we might more readily perceive |
Phoen 574. |
tirfæst
tacen
||
ðæt
se
torhta
fugel
tīrfæst
tācen
||
þæt
sē
torhta
fuĝol
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Ss|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || AN hs: t, aa: D, da: D |
the glory-firm sign that the bright bird betokens |
Phoen 575. |
ðurh
bryne
beacnað
||
bana
lafe
þurh
bryne
bēacnaþ.
||
Bāna
lāfe,
Bliss Scansion: 2C1a x~+|Sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: PV || NgN hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
through his burning. He gathers together |
Phoen 576. |
ascan
ond
yslan
||
ealle
gesomnað
ascan
and
yslan,
||
ealle
ġe·samnaþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NcN || AV hs: V, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
all the remnants of bones, ashes and cinders |
Phoen 577. |
æfter
ligbryne
||
lædeð
siððan
aefter
līeġ-bryne,
||
lǣdeþ
siþþan
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || Va hs: l, law: s, aa: 1 |
after the burning flame, and then the bird |
Phoen 578. |
fugel
on
fotum
||
to
frean
geardum
fuĝol
on
fōtum
||
tō
frēan
ġeardum,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 2C1a xS|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 x / | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NP || NgN hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
carries them in his feet to the court of the lord, |
Phoen 579. |
sunnan
togeanes
||
ðær
hi
siððan
forð
sunnan
tō·ġēanes.
||
Þǣr
hīe
siþþan
forþ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Na || aa hs: s, aa: 1 |
facing into the sun. There they afterwards |
Phoen 580. |
wuniað
wintra
fela
||
wæstmum
geniwad
wuniaþ
wintra
fela,
||
wæstmum
ġe·nīewod,
Bliss Scansion: N/A ~+x|Sx~+ || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A2b ~+ x | / x ~+ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: Ngf || Nts hs: w, aa: 1, da: D |
remain for many years, renewed in form, |
Phoen 581. |
ealles
edgiong
||
ðær
ænig
ne
mæg
ealles
ed-ġung,
||
ðǣr
ǣniġ
ne
mæġ
Bliss Scansion: 2A2 Sx|Ss || N/A xSx|x$ Sievers Scansion: A2b / x | / \ || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxxs Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 64, recto, Manuscript line: 16, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: wintra Original reading: wintra Syntax: AgA || AV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
entirely young again, where no one |
Phoen 582. |
in
ðam
leodscype
||
læððum
hwopan
on
þām
lēodsċipe
||
lǣþþum
hwōpan.
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: dN || NI hs: l, aa: 2 |
among that people can threaten injuries. |
Phoen 583. |
swa
nu
æfter
deaðe
||
ðurh
dryhtnes
miht
Swā
nū
aefter
dēaðe
||
þurh
dryhtnes
meaht
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: aP || NgN hs: d, aa: 2 |
So now after death through the Lord’s might, |
Phoen 584. |
somod
siðiað
||
sawla
mid
lice
samod
sīðiaþ%
||
sāwla
mid
līċe,
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 ~+|Sxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D2 ~+ | / ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: S/Sxx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 64, recto, Manuscript line: 18, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: siþiaþ Original reading: siþiaþ Translitteratio: n/þ Syntax: aV || NP hs: s, law: l, aa: D, da: D |
souls journey together along with bodies, |
Phoen 585. |
fægre
gefrætwed
||
fugle
gelicast
fæġere
ġe·frætwod,
||
fuĝole
ġe·līcost,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: as || NtA hs: f, law: l, aa: D, da: D |
fairly adorned, most like the bird, |
Phoen 586. |
in
eadwelum
||
æðelum
stencum
on
ēad-welum%
||
æðelum
stencum,
Bliss Scansion: d3a xS~x || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 64, recto, Manuscript line: 20, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: eadwelum Original reading: eadwelum Translitteratio: an/um Syntax: NC || AN hs: V, aa: 1 |
with noble perfumes, in blessedness |
Phoen 587. |
ðær
seo
soðfæste
||
sunne
lihteð
ðǣr
sēo
sōþfæste
||
sunne
līehteþ
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AC || NV hs: s, aa: 1 |
where the righteous sun, gleams |
Phoen 588. |
wlitig
ofer
weoredum
||
in
wuldres
byrig
wlitiġ
ofer
weorodum
||
on
wuldres
byriġ.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b ~+|xx~+x || 3B1a xSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | ~+ x || 0 x / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AP || NgN hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
beautiful over the hosts in the dwelling-place of glory. |
Phoen 589. |
ðonne
soðfæstum
||
sawlum
scineð
Þonne
sōþfæstum
||
sāwlum
sċīeneþ
Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AC || NV hs: s, aa: 1 |
Then the saviour Christ shines |
Phoen 590. |
heah
ofer
hrofas
||
hælende
crist
hēah
ofer
hrōfas
||
hǣlende
Crīst.
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xxSx || 3 E1 Sxx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || p Syntax: AP || AN hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
on the righteous souls, high over the roofs. |
Phoen 591. |
him
folgiað
||
fuglas
scyne
Him
folĝiaþ
||
fuĝolas
sċīene,
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iV || NA hs: f, aa: 2 |
The follow him as beautiful birds, |
Phoen 592. |
beorhte
gebredade
||
blissum
hremige
beorhte
ġe·bredode,
||
blissum
hrēmġe,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|x~+x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | ~+ x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: as || NtA hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
beautifully rejuvenated, exulting in bliss |
Phoen 593. |
in
ðam
gladan
ham
||
gæstas
gecorene
on
þām
gladan
hām,
||
gæstas
ġe·corene,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xx~x|S || 1A*1a Sx|x~+x Sievers Scansion: N/A xx ~ | x / || N/A / xx | ~+ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || Ns hs: g, aa: 1 |
in that happy home, elect spirits, |
Phoen 594. |
ece
to
ealdre
||
ðær
him
yfle
ne
mæg
ēċe
tō
ealdre.
||
Þǣr
him
yfele
ne
mæġ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B*1b xxSx|x$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: AP || NV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
for ever more. There the guilty malicious fiend |
Phoen 595. |
fah
feond
gemah
||
facne
sceððan
fāh
fēond
ġe·māh
||
facne
sċieþþan,
Bliss Scansion: 1D4 S|Sxs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D4 / | / x \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: NA || NI hs: f, aa: 1, da: D |
cannot harm them evilly with wickedness, |
Phoen 596. |
ac
ðær
lifgað
a
||
leohte
werede
ac
ðǣr
libbaþ
ā
||
lēohte
weorode,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|~+x Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | ~+ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: Va || Nts hs: l, aa: 1 |
but they live there always, in a brilliant troop, |
Phoen 597. |
swa
se
fugel
fenix
||
in
freoðu
dryhtnes
swā
sē
fuĝol
fenix,
||
on
friðu
dryhtnes,
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx~+|Sx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: p || x/Ssx Syntax: NN || NNg hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
just like the phoenix-bird, in the protection of the Lord, |
Phoen 598. |
wlitige
in
wuldre
||
weorc
anra
gehwæs
wlitiġe
on
wuldre.
||
Weorc
ānra
ġe·hwæs
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a ~+x|xSx || 1D6 S|Sxxs Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ xx | / x || N/A / | / xx \ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || S/Sxxs Syntax: AP || NNg hs: w, law: hw, aa: D, da: D |
beautiful in glory. The deeds of every one |
Phoen 599. |
beorhte
bliceð
||
in
ðam
bliðan
ham
beorhte
blīceþ
||
on
þām
blīðan%
hām
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 64, verso, Manuscript line: 7, Change by: editor. Reading emended: bliþan Original reading: bliþam Translitteratio: m/n Syntax: aV || AN hs: b, ac: bl, law: h, aa: D, da: D |
gleam brightly in that happy home |
Phoen 600. |
fore
onsyne
||
ecan
dryhtnes
fore
ansīene
||
ēċan
dryhtnes,
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || AN hs: V, aa: 1 |
before the face of the eternal Lord, |
Phoen 601. |
symle
in
sibbe
||
sunnan
gelice
simle
on
sibbe,
||
sunnan
ġe·līċe.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 64, verso, Manuscript line: 8, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: sunnan Original reading: sunnan Syntax: aP || Na hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
together in peace most like the sun. |
Phoen 602. |
ðær
se
beorhta
beag
||
brogden
wundrum
Þǣr
sē
beorhta
bēah,
||
broĝden
wundrum
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || sNt hs: b, aa: D, da: D |
There the bright circlet, wondrously woven |
Phoen 603. |
eorcnanstanum
||
eadigra
gehwam
eorcnan-stānum,
||
ēadiġra
ġe·hwǣm
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3E*1 Sxx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / \ xx | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: NC || AgN hs: V, las: h, aa: 1, acp: 2A1 |
with precious stones, towers over the heads |
Phoen 604. |
hlifað
ofer
heafde
||
heafelan
lixað
hlifaþ
ofer
heafde.
||
Heafolan
līexaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: VP || NV hs: h, las: h, aa: D, da: D |
of each of the blessed. Their crowns gleam, |
Phoen 605. |
ðrymme
biðeahte
||
ðeodnes
cynegold
þrymme
be·þeahte.
||
þēodnes
cyne-gold
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A2 Sx|~+s Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | ~+ \ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Ss Syntax: Nts || NgN hs: þ, law: g, aa: D, da: D |
wrapped with power. A prince’s diadem |
Phoen 606. |
soðfæstra
gehwone
||
sellic
glengeð
sōþfæstra
ġe·hwone
||
seldliċ
glenġeþ
Bliss Scansion: 3E*2 Ssx|x~+ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | ~+ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || Sx/Sx Syntax: AgN || AV hs: s, law: g, aa: 1 |
finely adorns each of the righteous, |
Phoen 607. |
leohte
in
life
||
ðær
se
longa
gefea
lēohte
on
līfe,
||
ðǣr
sē
langa
ġe·fēa,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | xx / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxxs Syntax: NP || AN hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
brilliant in life, where the long joy, |
Phoen 608. |
ece
ond
edgeong
||
æfre
ne
sweðrað
ēċe
and
ed-ġung,
||
ǣfre
ne
sweðraþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*2 Sx|xSs || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A2b / xx | / \ || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || Sx/Sx Syntax: AcA || aV hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
eternal and young again, never diminished, |
Phoen 609. |
ac
hy
in
wlite
wuniað
||
wuldre
bitolden
ac
hīe
on
wlite
wuniaþ,
||
wuldre
be·tolden
Bliss Scansion: N/A xxx~+|~+x || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C2 xxx ~+ | ~+ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: PV || Nts hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
but they dwell in beauty, wrapped in glory, |
Phoen 610. |
fægrum
frætwum
||
mid
fæder
engla
fæġerum
frætwum,
||
mid
fæder
engla.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || NNg hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
with fair adornments alongside the father of angels. |
Phoen 611. |
ne
bið
him
on
ðam
wicum
||
wiht
to
sorge
Ne
biþ
him
on
þām
wīcum
||
wiht
tō
sorĝe,
Bliss Scansion: a1e xxxxxSx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: iP || NP hs: w, ca: w, law: s, aa: 2 |
In those dwellings there is not a trace of sorrow; |
Phoen 612. |
wroht
ne
weðel
||
ne
gewindagas
wrōht
ne
weðel
||
ne
ġe·winn-daĝas,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || d3b xxS~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NcN || NC hs: w, ca: w, law: s, aa: 1, da: D |
mishap nor poverty nor days of strife, |
Phoen 613. |
hungor
se
hata
||
ne
se
hearda
ðurst
hungor
sē
hāta
||
ne
sē
hearda%
þurst,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 64, verso, Manuscript line: 16, Change by: editor. Reading emended: hearda Original reading: hearde Translitteratio: a/e Syntax: NA || AN hs: h, aa: D |
hateful hunger, nor hard thirst, |
Phoen 614. |
yrmðu
ne
yldo
||
him
se
æðela
cyning
iermþu
ne
ieldu.
||
Him
sē
æðela
cyning
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xx~+x|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx ~+ | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: NcN || AN hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
sorrow nor old age. The noble king |
Phoen 615. |
forgifeð
goda
gehwylc
||
ðær
gæsta
gedryht
for·ġiefeþ
gōda
ġe·hwelċ.
||
Þǣr
gǣsta
ġe·dryht
Bliss Scansion: N/A x~+|Sxxs || 2B1a xSx|xS Sievers Scansion: D4 x ~+ | / xx \ || 0 x / | xx / Russom Scansion: S/Sxxs || x/Sxxs Syntax: NgA || NgN hs: g, aa: 1, da: D |
grants them every good thing. There the company of spirits |
Phoen 616. |
hælend
hergað
||
ond
heofoncyninges
hǣlend
herġaþ
||
and
heofon-cininges
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || N/A x~+~+x Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | ~+ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NV || NC hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
acclaim the saviour and honour the might |
Phoen 617. |
meahte
mærsiað
||
singað
metude
lof
meahte
mǣrsiaþ,
||
singaþ
metode
lof.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 3B1b xx~+x|$ Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 xx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxx || xx/Sxs Syntax: NV || NtN hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
of the heavenly king, sing praise to the creator. |
Phoen 618. |
swinsað
sibgedryht
||
swega
mæste
Swinsaþ
sibb-ġe·dryht
||
swēġa
mǣste
Bliss Scansion: 1D*5 Sx|Sxs || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: D*4 / x | / x \ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NgA hs: s, ac: sw, aa: 1, da: D |
The beloved company make melody with the greatest of sounds, |
Phoen 619. |
hædre
ymb
ðæt
halge
||
heahseld
godes
hādre
ymb
þæt
hālġe
||
hēah-seld
godes,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 2A1 Ss|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || A2a / \ | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ss/Sx Syntax: aP || NNg hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
clearly around the holy high seat of God, |
Phoen 620. |
bliðe
bletsiað
||
bregu
selestan
blīðe
blētsiaþ
||
breĝu
sēlostan
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 1D1 ~+|Sxx Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || N/A ~+ | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sxx || S/Ssx Syntax: aV || NA hs: b, ac: bl, aca: bl, aa: D, da: D |
happily bless the best prince, |
Phoen 621. |
eadge
mid
englum
||
efenhleoðre
ðus
ēadġe
mid
englum,
||
efen-hlēoðre
þus:
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 300 ~+sx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A ~+ \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: AP || Na hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
blessed among the angels with harmony of voice as follows: |
Phoen 622. |
sib
si
ðe
soð
god
||
ond
snyttrucræft
‘Sibb
sīe
þē,
sōþ
god
||
and
snytru-cræft,
Bliss Scansion: 1A2b $|xxSs || N/A xSxs Sievers Scansion: A2b / xx | / \ || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxs Syntax: NvN || NC hs: s, lab: s, aa: D, da: D |
‘Peace be with you, true God, and strength of wisdom, |
Phoen 623. |
ond
ðe
ðonc
sy
||
ðrymsittendum
and
þē
þanc
sīe
||
þrymm-sittendum
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xxS|Sx || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || S/Ssx Syntax: iN || AC hs: þ, lab: s, xa: þsþs, aa: D, bcp: 1D1 |
and thanks to you, sitting in power, |
Phoen 624. |
geongra
gyfena
||
goda
gehwylces
ġungra
ġiefena,
||
gōda
ġe·hwelċes.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|~+x || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | ~+ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, recto, Manuscript line: 1, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: geongra Original reading: geongra Syntax: AN || NgA hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
for your fresh gifts, for every good thing; |
Phoen 625. |
micel
unmæte
||
mægnes
strengðu
Miċel,
unmǣte
||
mæġenes
strengþu%,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, recto, Manuscript line: 2, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: strengðu Original reading: strenðu Syntax: AA || NgN hs: m, law: st, aa: D, da: D |
great and beyond measure the strength of might, |
Phoen 626. |
heah
ond
halig
||
heofonas
sindon
hēah
and
hāliġ.
||
Heofonas
sindon
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AcA || NV hs: h, law: s, aa: D, da: D |
high and holy. The heavens are |
Phoen 627. |
fægre
gefylled
||
fæder
ælmihtig
fæġere
ġe·fylled,
||
fæder
æl-mehtiġ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || N/A ~+Ssx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A ~+ | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || S/Ssx Syntax: as || NA hs: f, aa: D, da: D |
fairly filled, father almighty, |
Phoen 628. |
ealra
ðrymma
ðrym
||
ðines
wuldres
ealra
þrymma
þrymm,
||
þīnes
wuldres,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|$ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || AN hs: þ, ac: þr, aca: þr, aa: 2, da: D |
power of all powers, with your glory, |
Phoen 629. |
uppe
mid
englum
||
ond
on
eorðan
somod
uppe
mid
englum
||
and
on
eorðan
samod.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: aP || Pa hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
above with the angels and also on earth. |
Phoen 630. |
gefreoða
usic
frymða
scyppend
||
ðu
eart
fæder
ælmihtig
Ġe·friða
ūsiċ,
frymþa
sċieppend.
||
þū
eart
fæder
æl-mehtiġ
Bliss Scansion: a1e(2A1a) xxxxxSx|Sx || N/A xx~+|Ssx Sievers Scansion: hA1 xxxxx / x | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sxx//Sx/Sx || xx//S/Ssx Syntax: NgN || NA hs: f, ac: fr, aca: fr, aa: 1 |
Preserve us, maker of beginnings; you are the father almighty |
Phoen 631. |
in
heannesse
||
heofuna
waldend
on
ēannesse,
||
heofona
wealdend.’
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: NC || NgN hs: h, aa: 1 |
on high, the ruler of the heavens.’ |
Phoen 632. |
ðus
reordiað
||
ryhtfremmende
Þus
reordiaþ
||
riht-fremmende,
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 1D1 S|Sxx Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || D1 / | / \ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxx || S/Ssx Syntax: aV || AC hs: r, aa: 2, bcp: 1D1 |
Thus the righteous, purified of sin, |
Phoen 633. |
manes
amerede
||
in
ðære
mæran
byrig
mānes
ā·merede,
||
on
ðǣre
mǣran
byriġ;
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|x~+x || 3B1c xxxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | ~+ x || 0 xxx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Ns || AN hs: m, aa: D, da: D |
speak out in that famous dwelling-place, |
Phoen 634. |
cyneðrym
cyðað
||
caseres
lof
cyne-þrymm
cȳðaþ,
||
cāseres
lof
Bliss Scansion: 2A3a ~+s|Sx || 30 Sxx|$ Sievers Scansion: A2a ~+ \ | / x || N/A / ~ x | / Russom Scansion: Ss/Sx || p Syntax: NV || NgN hs: c, aa: D, da: D |
make known the majesty, sing the praise |
Phoen 635. |
singað
on
swegle
||
soðfæstra
gedryht
singaþ%
on
sweġele
||
sōþfæstra
ġe·dryht,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3E*1 Ssx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / \ xx | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ssx/S Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, recto, Manuscript line: 8, Change by: editor. Reading emended: singað Original reading: singad Translitteratio: d/ð Syntax: VP || AgN hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
of the sovereign in glory, the company of the righteous, |
Phoen 636. |
ðam
anum
is
||
ece
weorðmynd
þām
ānum
is
||
ēċe
weorðmynd
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|$ || 2A2 Sx|Ss Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / x | / \ Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Ss Syntax: AV || AN hs: V, lab: V, aa: D, da: D |
to the one alone who is eternal honour |
Phoen 637. |
forð
butan
ende
||
næs
his
frymð
æfre
forþ
būtan
ende.
||
Næs
his
frymþ
ǣfre,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xxSx || 2C1b xxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: aP || Na hs: f, las: V, lab: V, xa: fVfV, aa: Q |
ever without end. There never was a beginning, |
Phoen 638. |
eades
ongyn
||
ðeah
he
on
eorðan
her
ēades
anġinn.
||
Þeah
hē
on
eorðan
hēr
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Sxs Syntax: NgN || Pa hs: V, las: V, aa: D, da: D |
a start of bounty. Though he was born |
Phoen 639. |
ðurh
cildes
had
||
cenned
wære
þurh
ċildes
hād
||
cenned
wǣre
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || sV hs: c, aa: 1 |
here on earth in the form of a child |
Phoen 640. |
in
middangeard
||
hwæðre
his
meahta
sped
on
middan-ġeard,
||
hwæðere
his
meahta
spēd
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSxs || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxs Syntax: NC || NgN hs: m, aa: 1 |
in middle-earth, yet the fullness of powers, |
Phoen 641. |
heah
ofer
heofonum
||
halig
wunade
hēah
ofer
heofonum
||
hāliġ
wunode,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b S|xx~+x || 2A1a Sx|~+x Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | ~+ x || N/A / x | ~+ x Russom Scansion: Sxx/Sx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AP || AV hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
high above the heavens, remained holy, |
Phoen 642. |
dom
unbryce
||
ðeah
he
deaðes
cwealm
dōm
unbryċe.
||
Þeah
hē
dēaðes
cwealm
Bliss Scansion: 1D1 S|Sxx || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: D1 / | / ~ x || 0 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: S/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || NgN hs: d, aa: 1 |
an unbroken glory. Though he had to suffer |
Phoen 643. |
on
rode
treow
||
ræfnan
sceolde
on
rōde
trēow
||
ræfnan
sċolde,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || IV hs: r, aa: 1 |
the pains of death on the tree of the cross, |
Phoen 644. |
ðearlic
wite
||
he
ðy
ðriddan
dæge
þearliċ
wīte,
||
hē
þȳ
þriddan
dæġe
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+ Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || AN hs: þ, aa: 1 |
a terrible punishment, on the third day |
Phoen 645. |
æfter
lices
hryre
||
lif
eft
onfeng
aefter
līċes
hryre
||
līf
eft
on·fēng
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|~+ || 2E2a Ss|xS Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x ~+ || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: xx/Sxs || S/Sxs Syntax: NgN || NV hs: l, las: f, aa: 1 |
after the demise of his body he received life again |
Phoen 646. |
ðurh
fæder
fultum
||
swa
fenix
beacnað
þurh
fæder
fultum.
||
Swā
fenix
bēacnaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2C1a x~+|Sx || a1a(2A1a) xSx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | / x || 0 x / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || p Syntax: NgN || AV hs: f, las: f, aa: D, da: D |
through the support of the father. Just so the phoenix, |
Phoen 647. |
geong
in
geardum
||
godbearnes
meaht
ġung
on
ġeardum,
||
god-bearnes
meaht,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 300 Ssx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: AP || NgN hs: g, aa: D, da: D |
young in the dwelling-places, |
Phoen 648. |
ðonne
he
of
ascan
||
eft
onwæcneð
þonne
hē
of
ascum
||
eft
on·wæcneþ%
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, recto, Manuscript line: 18, Change by: editor. Reading emended: onwæcneð Original reading: on wæcned Translitteratio: d/ð Syntax: iP || aV hs: V, aa: 2 |
betokens the might of the son of god, |
Phoen 649. |
in
lifes
lif
||
leomum
geðungen
on
līfes
līf,
||
lēomum
ġe·þungen.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: NgN || Nts hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
when he awakens from ashes |
Phoen 650. |
swa
se
hælend
us
||
helpe
gefremede
Swā
sē
hǣlend
ūs
||
helpe%
ġe·fremede
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 1A*1a Sx|x~+x Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A / xx | ~+ x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, recto, Manuscript line: 19, Change by: editor. Reading emended: helpe Original reading: elpe Syntax: Ni || NV hs: h, aa: 1 |
into the life of life, developed in limbs; |
Phoen 651. |
ðurh
his
lices
gedal
||
lif
butan
ende
þurh
his
līċes
ġe·dāl,
||
līf
būtan
ende,
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1c xxSx|xS || 1A1b S|xxSx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | xx / || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Sxx/Sx Syntax: NgN || NP hs: l, aa: 1 |
just as the saviour has granted us help, |
Phoen 652. |
swa
se
fugel
swetum
||
his
fiðru
tu
swā
sē
fuĝol
swēotum
||
his
fiðeru
tū
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx~+|Sx || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NA || NA hs: f, lab: f, aa: 1 |
through separation from his body, life without end, |
Phoen 653. |
ond
wynsumum
||
wyrtum
gefylleð
and
wynsumum
||
wyrtum
ġe·fylleþ,
Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || N/A / xx | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || Sx/Sx Syntax: AC || NV hs: w, las: f, lab: f, aa: 1 |
just so the bird fills his two feathers with sweet and joyous herbs, |
Phoen 654. |
fægrum
foldwæstmum
||
ðonne
afysed
bið
fæġerum
fold-wæstmum,
||
þonne
ā·fȳsed
biþ.
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|Ssx || 3B1c xxxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 xxx / | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: AN || sV hs: f, las: f, aa: D, da: D |
with the fair fruits of the earth, when he is eager to be away. |
Phoen 655. |
ðæt
sindon
ða
word
||
swa
us
gewritu
secgað
Þæt
sindon
þā
word,
||
swā
ūs
ġe·writu
seċġaþ,
Bliss Scansion: e1d xxxxS || d2c xxx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: N/A xxxx / || 0 xxx ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: ? || x/Ssx Syntax: dvN || NV hs: w, aa: 2 |
These are the words, as writings tell us, |
Phoen 656. |
hleoðor
haligra
||
ðe
him
to
heofonum
bið
hlēoðor
hāliġra,
||
þe
him
tō
heofonum
biþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 3B1c xxx~+x|$ Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 xxx ~+ | x / Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NAg || PV hs: h, aa: D, da: D |
the voice of the holy, whose hearts are eager |
Phoen 657. |
to
ðam
mildan
gode
||
mod
afysed
tō
þām
mildan
gode,
||
mōd
ā·fȳsed
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|~+ || 1A1a S|xSx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x ~+ || N/A / x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || Ns hs: m, aa: 1 |
to be away to the heavens, to merciful God, |
Phoen 658. |
in
dreama
dream
||
ðær
hi
dryhtne
to
giefe
on
drēama
drēam,
||
ðǣr
hīe
drihtne
tō
ġiefe
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|S || 3B*1b xxSx|x~+ Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xx / | xx ~+ Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Sxxs Syntax: NgN || NP hs: d, ac: dr, aca: dr, acb: dr, aa: D, da: D |
in the joy of joys, where they bring as a gift to the lord |
Phoen 659. |
worda
ond
weorca
||
wynsumne
stenc
worda
and
weorca
||
wynsumne
stenċ
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3 E1 Sxx|S Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / \ x | / Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || Ssx/S Syntax: NcN || AN hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
words and deeds, a lovely perfume, |
Phoen 660. |
in
ða
mæran
gesceaft
||
meotude
bringað
on
þā
mǣran
ġe·sċeaft
||
metode
bringaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 3B*1c xxSx|xS || 2A1a ~+x|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / | xx / || N/A ~+ x | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxxs || Sx/Sx Syntax: AN || NV hs: m, aa: 1 |
to the creator into that famous establishment, |
Phoen 661. |
in
ðæt
leohte
lif
||
sy
him
lof
symle
on
þæt
lēohte
līf.
||
Sīe
him
lof
simle
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 2C1b xx$|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || 0 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || x/Ssx Syntax: AN || Na hs: l, aa: D, da: D |
in that luminous life. To him be praise continually |
Phoen 662. |
ðurh
woruld
worulda
||
ond
wuldres
blæd
þurh
weorold
weorolda
||
and
wuldres
blǣd,
Bliss Scansion: 2C1a x~+|~+x || 3B1a xSx|S Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | ~+ x || 0 x / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || x/Sxs Syntax: NNg || NgN hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
throughout the age of ages, and the splendour of glory, |
Phoen 663. |
ar
ond
onwald
||
in
ðam
uplican
ār
and
anweald,
||
on
þām
uplican
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || d1b xxSxx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ss || x/Ssx Syntax: NcN || dA hs: V, aa: D, da: D |
honour and power in the kingdom of the skies |
Phoen 664. |
rodera
rice
||
he
is
on
ryht
cyning
rodera
rīċe.
||
Hē
is
on
riht
cyning
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a ~+x|Sx || 2C2c xxxS|~x Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, verso, Manuscript line: 6, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: cyning Original reading: cyning Translitteratio: g/n Syntax: NgN || PN hs: r, aa: D, da: D |
above. He is justly the king |
Phoen 665. |
middangeardes
||
ond
mægenðrymmes
middan-ġeardes
||
and
mæġen-þrymmes,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || d2a x~+sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Ssx Syntax: NC || NC hs: m, aa: 1, acp: 2A1 |
of the world and of the mighty power, |
Phoen 666. |
wuldre
biwunden
||
in
ðære
wlitigan
byrig
wuldre
be·wunden
||
on
ðǣre
wlitiĝan
byriġ.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B1c xxx~+x|~+ Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || A1 / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || x/Sxs Syntax: Nts || AN hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
wrapped with glory in that beautiful city. |
Phoen 667. |
hafað
us
alyfed
||
[lucis
auctor]
Hafaþ
ūs
ā·līefed
||
lucis
auctor%
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || a1d xxxxSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || A3 xxxx / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || p Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, verso, Manuscript line: 8, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: auctor Original reading: a^u^ctor Syntax: is || ignored hs: l*, aa: 2 |
The author of light has granted us |
Phoen 668. |
ðæt
we
motun
her
||
[merueri]
þæt
we
mōton
hēr
||
merueri,
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|S || 3B1b xxSx|S Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || B1 xx / | x / Russom Scansion: x/Sxs || p Syntax: Va || ignored hs: m*, aa: 1 |
that we may merit here |
Phoen 669. |
goddædum
begietan
||
[gaudia
in
celo]
gōd-dǣdum
be·ġietan
||
gaudia
on
celo,
Bliss Scansion: 3E*2 Ssx|x~+ || 3E*2 Ssx|x~+ Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | ~+ || E / \ xx | ~+ Russom Scansion: Ssx/S || p Syntax: NI || ignored hs: g*, aa: D, da: D |
to attain through good deeds joys in heaven, |
Phoen 670. |
ðær
we
motun
||
[maxima
regna]
ðǣr
we
mōton%
||
maxima
reġna
Bliss Scansion: a1b xxSx || a1b xxSx Sievers Scansion: A3 xx / x || A3 xx / x Russom Scansion: xx/Sx || p Error or emendation on A line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, verso, Manuscript line: 9, Change by: editor. Reading emended: motun Original reading: motum Translitteratio: m/n Syntax: iV || ignored hs: m*, aa: 2 |
where we may seek the greatest kingdom |
Phoen 671. |
secan
ond
gesittan
||
[sedibus
altis]
sēċan
and
ġe·sittan
||
sedibus
altis,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 1A*1b Sx|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || A1 / xxx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || p Syntax: IcI || ignored hs: s*, aa: 2, da: D |
and sit on lofty thrones, |
Phoen 672. |
lifgan
in
lisse
||
[lucis
et
pacis]
libban
on
lisse
||
lucis
et
pacis,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || A1 / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || p Syntax: IP || ignored hs: l*, aa: D, da: D |
live in the bliss of light and peace, |
Phoen 673. |
agan
eardinga
||
[almæ
letitiæ]
āĝan
eardunga
||
almæ%
letitæ%,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 2A1a Sx|Sxx Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || D*1 / x | / \ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || p Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, verso, Manuscript line: 11, Change by: editor. Reading emended: almæ Original reading: alma Translitteratio: a/æ Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, verso, Manuscript line: 11-12, Change by: scribe. Reading maintained: letitiæ Original reading: leti tię Syntax: IN || ignored hs: V*, aa: D, da: D |
have dwellings of kindly happiness, |
Phoen 674. |
brucan
blæddaga
||
[blandem
et
mitem]
brūcan
blǣd-daĝa,
||
blandēm
et
mitem%
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 1D*3 Sx|S~x Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || D*2 / x | / ~ x Russom Scansion: Sx/Ssx || p Error or emendation on B line: Manuscript shelfmark: Exeter, Cathedral Library, 3501, Folio: 65, verso, Manuscript line: 12, Change by: editor, Haplography: of t. Reading emended: mitem Original reading: mittem Syntax: IN || ignored hs: b*, ac: bl, aa: D, da: D |
enjoy glorious days, see the lord of victories |
Phoen 675. |
geseon
sigora
frean
||
[sine
fine]
ġe·sēon
siĝora
frēan
||
sīne
fine,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xS|~+xs || N/A xS|~+xs Sievers Scansion: D4 x / | ~+ x \ || D4 x / | ~+ x \ Russom Scansion: S/Sxs || p Syntax: NgN || ignored hs: s*, xa: ssfsf, aa: Q, da: D |
calm and kind without end |
Phoen 676. |
ond
him
lof
singan
||
[laude
perenne]
and
him
lof
singan
||
laude
perenne,
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx$|Sx || 2C1b xx$|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || C1 xx / | / x Russom Scansion: x/Ssx || p Syntax: NI || ignored hs: l*, aa: 1 |
and sing his praise with continuous acclaim, |
Phoen 677. |
eadge
mid
englum
||
[alleluia]
ēadġe
mid
englum.
||
Alleluia.
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || A1 / xx | / x Russom Scansion: Sx/Sx || p Syntax: AP || ignored hs: V*, aa: D, da: D |
blessed among the angels. Hallelujah. |