Metrical Charm 10: For Loss of Cattle University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.43.10 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems Metrical Charm 10: For Loss of Cattle
ðis man sceal cweðan ðonne his ceapa hwilcne man for- stolenne. Cwyð ær he ænyg oþer word cweðe: Bethlem hattæ seo burh ðe Crist on geboren wes, seo is gemærsod ofer ealne middangeard; swa ðeos dæd wyrþe for monnum mære, [per crucem Christi]! And gebide þe ðonne þriwa east and cweð þriwa: [Crux Christi ab oriente reducat]. And [III] west and cweð: [Crux Christi ab occidente reducat]. And [III] suð and cweð: [Crux Christi a meridie reducant]. And [III] norð and cweð: [Crux Christi abscondita sunt et inuenta est]. Iudeas Crist ahengon, gedidon him dæda þa wyrstan; hælon þæt hi forhelan ne mihton. Swa næfre ðeos dæd forholen ne wyrðe [per crucem Christi].