Wulf and Eadwacer

Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 179-80; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).

 

Leodum is minum      swylce him mon lac gife;

 

willað hy hine aþecgan,      gif he on þreat cymeð.

 

Ungelic is us.     

 

Wulf is on iege,      ic on oþerre.

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Fæst is þæt eglond,      fenne biworpen.

 

Sindon wælreowe      weras þær on ige;

 

willað hy hine aþecgan,      gif he on þreat cymeð.

 

Ungelice is us.     

 

Wulfes ic mines widlastum      wenum dogode;

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þonne hit wæs renig weder      ond ic reotugu sæt,

 

þonne mec se beaducafa      bogum bilegde,

 

wæs me wyn to þon,      wæs me hwæþre eac lað.

 

Wulf, min Wulf,      wena me þine

 

seoce gedydon,      þine seldcymas,

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murnende mod,      nales meteliste.

 

Gehyrest þu, Eadwacer?      Uncerne earne hwelp

 

bireð wulf to wuda.     

 

þæt mon eaþe tosliteð      þætte næfre gesomnad wæs,

 

uncer giedd geador.