Metrical Charm 12: Against a Wen University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.43.12 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 12: Against a Wen
wenne wenne wenchichenne her ne scealt ðu timbrien ne nenne tun habben ac ðu scealt north eonene to ðan nihgan berhge ðer ðu hauest ermig enne broðer he ðe sceal legge leaf et heafde under fot wolues under ueðer earnes under earnes clea a ðu geweornie clinge ðu alswa col on heorðe scring ðu alswa scerne awage and weorne alswa weter on anbre swa litel ðu gewurðe alswa linsetcorn and miccli lesse alswa anes handwurmes hupeban and alswa litel ðu gewurðe ðet ðu nawiht gewurðe