Metrical Charm 11: A Journey Charm University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.43.11 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 11: A Journey Charm
ic me on ðisse gyrde beluce and on godes helde bebeode wið ðane sara stice wið ðane sara slege wið ðane grymma gryre wið ðane micela egsa ðe bið eghwam lað and wið eal ðæt lað ðe in to land fare sygegealdor ic begale sigegyrd ic me wege wordsige and worcsige se me dege ne me mere ne gemyrre ne me maga ne geswence ne me næfre minum feore forht ne gewurðe ac gehæle me ælmihtig and sunu and frofre gast ealles wuldres wyrðig dryhten swa swa ic gehyrde heofna scyppende abrame and isace and swilce men moyses and iacob and dauit and iosep and evan and annan and elizabet saharie and ec marie modur cristes and eac ðæ gebroðru petrus and paulus and eac ðusend ðinra engla clipige ic me to are wið eallum feondum hi me ferion and friðion and mine fore nerion eal me gehealdon me gewealdon worces stirende si me wuldres hyht hand ofer heafod haligra rof sigerofra sceolu soðfæstra engla biddu ealle bliðu mode ðæt me beo matheus helm marcus byrne leoht lifes rof lucos min swurd scearp and scirecg scyld iohannes wuldre gewlitegod wælgar serafhin forð ic gefare frind ic gemete eall engla blæd eadiges lare bidde ic nu sigeres god godes miltse siðfæt godne smylte and lihte windas on waroðum windas gefran circinde wæter simble gehælede wið eallum feondum freond ic gemete wið ðæt ic on ðæs ælmihtgian frið wunian mote belocun wið ðam laðan se me lyfes eht on engla blæd gestaðelod and inna halre hand heofna rices ða hwile ðe ic on ðis life wunian mote amen