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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.43.6
Title
Metrical Charm 6: For Delayed Birth
Language
Old English
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Metrical Charm 6: For Delayed Birth

MCharm6 1. ðis me to bote || ðære laðan lætbyrde Sē wīf-mann, sē hire ċild ā·fēdan ne mæġ, gange tō ġe·wītenes
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MCharm6 2. ðis me to bote || ðære swæran swærbyrde mannes byrġenne and stæppe þonne þrīwa ofer þā byrġenne
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MCharm6 3. ðis me to bote || ðære laðan lambyrde and cweðe þonne þrīwa þās word:
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MCharm6 4. up ic gonge || ofer ðe stæppe þis mē tō bōte || ðǣre lāðan læt-byrde,
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || N/A xxSx|Ssx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || 0 xxSx|Ssx
Syntax: iP || AN
hs: X, law: b, aa: Z
MCharm6 5. mid cwican cilde || nalæs mid cwellendum þis mē tō bōte || ðǣre swǣran swǣr-byrde%,
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || N/A xxSx|Ssx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || 0 xxSx|Ssx
Syntax: iP || AN
hs: X, law: b, aa: Z
MCharm6 6. mid fulborenum || nalæs mid fægan þis mē tō bōte || ðǣre lāðan lambyrde.
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || N/A xxSx|Ssx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || 0 xxSx|Ssx
Syntax: iP || AN
hs: X, law: b, aa: Z
MCharm6 7. criste ic sæde || ðis gecyðed And þonne þæt wīf sēo mid bearne and hēo tō hire hlāforde
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MCharm6 8. ic hit bebicge || ge hit bebicgan on ræste gā, þonne cweðe hēo:
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MCharm6 9. ðas sweartan wulle || and ðysse sorge corn Up iċ gange, || ofer þe stæppe
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A1a ~+|xSx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x
Syntax: iV || PV
hs: X, aa: Z
MCharm6 10. gehwer ferde ic me ðone mæran || maga ðihtan mid cwican ċilde, || nealles mid cwellendum,
Bliss Scansion: 2C1a x~+|Sx || d1c xxxSxx
Sievers Scansion: C2 x ~+ | / x || 0 xxx / | / x
Syntax: AN || aP
hs: c, ac: cw, aa: Q
MCharm6 11. mid ðysse mæran || mete ðihtan mid full-borenum, || nealles mid fǣġan.
Bliss Scansion: d3a xS~+x || a1c xxxSx
Sievers Scansion: C1 x / | ~+ x || 0 xxxSx
Syntax: sU || aP
hs: f, aa: Q
MCharm6 12. ðonne ic me wille habban || and ham gan And þonne sēo mōdor ġe·fele þæt þæt bearn sīe cwic, gā
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