The Husband's Message

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Nu ic onsundran þe secgan wille
...... treocyn ic tudre aweox;
in mec æld... sceal ellor londes
settan ...... sealte streamas

5

...sse. Ful oft ic on bates
gesohte
þær mec mondryhten min ......
ofer heah hofu; eom nu her cumen
on ceolþele, ond nu cunnan scealt

10

hu þu ymb modlufan mines frean
on hyge hycge. Ic gehatan dear
þæt þu þær tirfæste treowe findest.
Hwæt, þec þonne biddan het se þisne beam agrof
þæt þu sinchroden sylf gemunde

15

on gewitlocan wordbeotunga,
þe git on ærdagum oft gespræcon,
þenden git moston on meoduburgum
eard weardigan, an lond bugan,
freondscype fremman. Hine fæhþo adraf

20

of sigeþeode; heht nu sylfa þe
lustum læran, þæt þu lagu drefde,
siþþan þu gehyrde on hliþes oran
galan geomorne geac on bearwe.
Ne læt þu þec siþþan siþes getwæfan,

25

lade gelettan lifgendne monn.
Ongin mere secan, mæwes eþel,
onsite sænacan, þæt þu suð heonan
ofer merelade monnan findest,
þær se þeoden is þin on wenum.

30

Ne mæg him worulde willa gelimpan
mara on gemyndum, þæs þe he me sægde,
þonne inc geunne alwaldend god
...... ætsomne siþþan motan
secgum ond gesiþum s...

35

næglede beagas; he genoh hafað
fedan goldes
...d elþeode eþel healde,
fægre foldan
...ra hæleþa, þeah þe her min wine...

40

nyde gebæded, nacan ut aþrong,
ond on yþa geong ...... sceolde
faran on flotweg, forðsiþes georn,
mengan merestreamas. Nu se mon hafað
wean oferwunnen; nis him wilna gad,

45

ne meara ne maðma ne meododreama,
ænges ofer eorþan eorlgestreona,
þeodnes dohtor, gif he þin beneah
ofer eald gebeot incer twega.
Gecyre ic ætsomne %%S%% %%R%% geador

50

%%EA%% %%W%% ond %%D%% aþe benemnan,
þæt he þa wære ond þa winetreowe
be him lifgendum læstan wolde,
þe git on ærdagum oft gespræconn.