Against a Wen

Dobbie, 1942 128; Dobbie, E.V.K., The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, ASPR 6 (New York).
 
Wenne, wenne,      wenchichenne,
 
her ne scealt þu timbrien,      ne nenne tun habben,
 
ac þu scealt north eonene      to þan nihgan berhge,
 
þer þu hauest, ermig,      enne broþer.
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He þe sceal legge      leaf et heafde.
 
Under fot wolues[?],      under ueþer earnes,
 
under earnes clea,      a þu geweornie.
 
Clinge þu      alswa col on heorþe,
 
scring þu      alswa scerne[?] awage,
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and weorne      alswa weter on anbre.
 
Swa litel þu gewurþe      alswa linsetcorn,
 
and miccli lesse      alswa anes handwurmes hupeban,
 
and alswa litel þu gewurþe      þet þu nawiht gewurþe.