A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryBede's Death Song, West Saxon Version
| BDSW-S 1. |
for
ðam
nedfere
||
næni
wyrðeð
For
þǣm
nīed-fare
||
nǣniġ
wierðeþ
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x Syntax: NC || AV hs: n, law: w, aa: 1 |
| BDSW-S 2. |
ðances
snotera
||
ðonne
him
ðearf
sy
þances
snotora,
||
þonne
him
ðearf
sīe
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|~+x || 2C1c xxxS|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | ~+ x || 0 xxx / | / x Syntax: NgA || NV hs: þ, xa: þsþs, aa: Q |
| BDSW-S 3. |
to
gehicgenne
||
ær
his
heonengange
tō
ġe·hyċġenne
||
ǣr
his
heonan-gange
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || d2b xx~+sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Syntax: IU || NC hs: h, aa: 1 |
| BDSW-S 4. |
hwæt
his
gaste
||
godes
oððe
yfeles
hwæt
his
gāste
||
gōdes
oþþe
yfeles
Bliss Scansion: a1b xxSx || 1A*1b Sx|xx~+x Sievers Scansion: A3 xx / x || N/A / xxx | ~+ x Syntax: NN || NcN hs: g, aa: 2 |
| BDSW-S 5. |
æfter
deaðe
heonon
||
demed
weorðe
aefter
dēaðe
heonan
||
dēmed
weorðe.
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|~+ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x ~+ || N/A / x | / x Syntax: Pa || sV hs: d, aa: 1 |