Bede's Death Song, West Saxon VersionUniversity of Oxford CLASP Projectnick.white@ell.ox.ac.ukhttps://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.33.3
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Library of Congress Subject HeadingsEnglish, Old (ca. 450-1100)Poems
Bede's Death Song, West Saxon Version
for ðam nedfere
næni wyrðeð
ðances snotera
ðonne him ðearf sy
to gehicgenne
ær his heonengange
hwæt his gaste
godes oððe yfeles
æfter deaðe heonon
demed weorðe