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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.43.8
Title
Metrical Charm 8: For a Swarm of Bees
Language
Old English
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Metrical Charm 8: For a Swarm of Bees

MCharm8 1. fo ic under fot || funde ic hit Wiþ ymbe nim eorðan, ofer-weorp mid þīnre swīðran
Bliss Scansion: ||
Sievers Scansion: ||
MCharm8 2. hwæt eorðe mæg || wið ealra wihta gehwilce handa under þīnum swīðran fēt, and cweþ:
Bliss Scansion: ||
Sievers Scansion: ||
MCharm8 3. and wið andan || and wið æminde Fō iċ under fōt, || funde iċ hit.
Bliss Scansion: 0 S|xxxS || N/A Sx|x$
Sievers Scansion: E / \ xx | / || 0 Sx|x$
Syntax: VP || Vi
hs: f, law: h, aa: D
MCharm8 4. and wið ða micelan || mannes tungan Hwæt, eorðe mæġ || wiþ ealra wihta ġe·hwelċe
Bliss Scansion: 3B1a xSx|$ || a1c(1A*1a) xxxSx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 xxx / xx | / x
Syntax: NV || NA
hs: V , law: hw, aa: 1
MCharm8 5. sitte ge sigewif || sigað to eorðan and wiþ andan || and wiþ ǣ·mynde
Bliss Scansion: a1b xxSx || d1b xxSxx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xx / x || 0 xx / | / x
Syntax: P || NC
hs: V , las: m, aa: X
MCharm8 6. næfre ge wilde || to wuda fleogan and wiþ þā miċelan || mannes tungan.
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxx~+x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx ~+ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: dA || NgN
hs: m, las: m, aa: 2
MCharm8 7. beo ge swa gemindige || mines godes And wiþþan% for·weorp ofer grēot, þonne hīe swierman, and
Bliss Scansion: ||
Sievers Scansion: ||
MCharm8 8. swa bið manna gehwilc || metes and eðeles cweþ:
Bliss Scansion: 1A*2 Sx|x~+s || 1A*1a Sx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: A2b / xx | ~+ \ || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: VN || VP
hs: s , aa: D