Metrical Charm 6: For Delayed Birth University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.43.6 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 6: For Delayed Birth
ðis me to bote ðære laðan lætbyrde ðis me to bote ðære swæran swærbyrde ðis me to bote ðære laðan lambyrde up ic gonge ofer ðe stæppe mid cwican cilde nalæs mid cwellendum mid fulborenum nalæs mid fægan criste ic sæde ðis gecyðed ic hit bebicge ge hit bebicgan ðas sweartan wulle and ðysse sorge corn gehwer ferde ic me ðone mæran maga ðihtan mid ðysse mæran mete ðihtan ðonne ic me wille habban and ham gan