Waldere A, B

Waldere A

:         hyrde hyne georne:
"Huru Welande...         worc ne geswiceð
monna ænigum         ðara ðe Mimming can
heardne gehealdan.         Oft æt hilde gedreas
5: swatfag and sweordwund         secg æfter oðrum.
ætlan ordwyga,         ne læt ðin ellen nu gy...
gedreosan to dæge,         dryhtscipe
        is se dæg cumen
þæt ðu scealt aninga         oðer twega,
10: lif forleosan         oððe l... ...gne dom
agan mid eldum,         ælfheres sunu.
Nalles ic ðe, wine min,         wordum cide,
ðy ic ðe gesawe         æt ðam sweordplegan
ðurh edwitscype         æniges monnes
15: wig forbugan         oððe on weal fleon,
lice beorgan,         ðeah þe laðra fela
ðinne byrnhomon         billum heowun,
ac ðu symle furðor         feohtan sohtest,
mæl ofer mearce;         ðy ic ðe metod ondred,
20: þæt ðu to fyrenlice         feohtan sohtest
æt ðam ætstealle         oðres monnes,
wigrædenne.         Weorða ðe selfne
godum dædum,         ðenden ðin god recce.
Ne murn ðu for ði mece;         ðe wearð maðma cyst
25: gifeðe to geoce,         mid ðy ðu Guðhere scealt
beot forbigan,         ðæs ðe he ðas beaduwe ongan
...d unryhte         ærest secan.
Forsoc he ðam swurde         and ðam syncfatum,
beaga mænigo,         nu sceal bega leas
30: hworfan from ðisse hilde, hlafurd secan
ealdne ᛟ oððe her ær swefan,
gif he ða"

:      "...ce bæteran
buton ðam anum      ðe ic eac hafa
on stanfate      stille gehided.
Ic wat þæt hit ðohte      ðeodric Widian
5: selfum onsendon,      and eac sinc micel
maðma mid ði mece,      monig oðres mid him
golde gegirwan      (iulean genam),
þæs ðe hine of nearwum      Niðhades mæg,
Welandes bearn,      Widia ut forlet;
10: ðurh fifela gewe... ...ld      forð onette."
Waldere mað... ...lode,      wiga ellenrof,
hæfde him on handa      hildefrofre,
guðbilla gripe,      gyddode wordum:
"Hwæt! ðu huru wendest,      wine Burgenda,
15: þæt me Hagenan hand      hilde gefremede
and getwæmde ...ðewigges.      Feta, gyf ðu dyrre,
æt ðus heaðuwerigan      hare byrnan.
Standeð me her on eaxelum      ælfheres laf,
god and geapneb,      golde geweorðod,
20: ealles unscende      æðelinges reaf
to habbanne,      þonne hand wereð
feorhhord feondum.      Ne bið fah wið me,
þonne ...... unmægas      eft ongynnað,
mecum gemetað,      swa ge me dydon.
25: ðeah mæg sige syllan      se ðe symle byð
recon and rædfest      ryh... ...a gehwilces.
Se ðe him to ðam halgan      helpe gelifeð,
to gode gioce,      he þær gearo findeð
gif ða earnunga      ær geðenceð.
30: þonne moten wlance welan britnian,
æhtum wealdan, þæt is"