{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a02_03.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a02_03.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a02_03.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends and Sagas\u00a0\n WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site]\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n Soul and Body I\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Huru, \u00f0\u00e6s behofa\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6le\u00f0a \u00e6ghwylc \n \u00fe\u00e6t he his sawle si\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sylfa ge\u00feence,\n hu \u00fe\u00e6t bi\u00f0 deoplic \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne se dea\u00f0 cyme\u00f0,\n asyndre\u00f0 \u00fea sybbe \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee \u00e6r samod w\u00e6ron,\n- 5\n- \n lic ond sawle! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lang bi\u00f0 sy\u00f0\u00f0an \n \u00fe\u00e6t se gast nime\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6t gode sylfum\n swa wite swa wuldor, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa him on worulde \u00e6r\n efne \u00fe\u00e6t eor\u00f0f\u00e6t \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6r geworhte.\n Sceal se gast cuman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 geoh\u00f0um hremig,\n- 10\n- \n symble ymbe seofon niht \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sawle findan \n \u00feone lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee hie \u00e6r lange w\u00e6g,\n \u00fereo hund wintra, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 butan \u00e6r \u00feeodcyning,\n \u00e6lmihtig god, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ende worulde\n wyrcan wille, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weoruda dryhten.\n- 15\n- \n Cleopa\u00f0 \u00feonne swa cearful \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cealdan reorde, \n sprece\u00f0 grimlice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se gast to \u00feam duste:\n \"Hw\u00e6t, druh \u00f0u dreorega, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to hwan drehtest \u00f0u me,\n eor\u00f0an fulnes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eal forwisnad,\n lames gelicnes! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lyt \u00f0u gemundest\n- 20\n- \n to hwan \u00feinre sawle \u00feing \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 si\u00f0\u00fean wurde, \n sy\u00f0\u00f0an of lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 l\u00e6ded w\u00e6re!\n Hw\u00e6t, wite \u00f0u me, weriga! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hw\u00e6t, \u00f0u huru wyrma gyfl\n lyt ge\u00feohtest, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea \u00f0u lustgryrum eallum\n ful geeodest, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hu \u00f0u on eor\u00f0an scealt\n- 25\n- \n wyrmum to wiste! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hw\u00e6t, \u00f0u on worulde \u00e6r \n lyt ge\u00feohtest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hu \u00feis is \u00feus lang hider!\n Hw\u00e6t, \u00fee la engel \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ufan of roderum\n sawle onsende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feurh his sylfes hand,\n meotod \u00e6lmihtig, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of his m\u00e6gen\u00ferymme,\n- 30\n- \n ond \u00fee gebohte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 blode \u00fey halgan, \n ond \u00feu me mid \u00fey heardan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hungre gebunde\n ond geh\u00e6ftnedest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 helle witum!\n Eardode ic \u00fee on innan. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ne meahte ic \u00f0e of cuman,\n fl\u00e6sce befangen, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond me fyrenlustas\n- 35\n- \n \u00feine ge\u00ferungon. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t me \u00feuhte ful oft \n \u00fe\u00e6t hit w\u00e6re XXX \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feusend wintra\n to \u00feinum dea\u00f0d\u00e6ge. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A ic uncres gedales onbad\n earfo\u00f0lice. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nis nu huru se ende to god!\n W\u00e6re \u00feu \u00fee wiste wlanc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond wines s\u00e6d,\n- 40\n- \n \u00ferymful \u00feunedest, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond ic of\u00feyrsted w\u00e6s \n godes lichoman, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gastes drynces.\n For\u00f0an \u00feu ne hogodest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 her on life,\n sy\u00f0\u00f0an ic \u00f0e on worulde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wunian sceolde,\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00f0u w\u00e6re \u00feurh fl\u00e6sc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond \u00feurh fyrenlustas\n- 45\n- \n strange gestryned \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond gesta\u00f0olod \u00feurh me, \n ond ic w\u00e6s gast on \u00f0e \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fram gode sended.\n N\u00e6fre \u00f0u me wi\u00f0 swa heardum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 helle witum\n ne generedest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feurh \u00feinra nieda lust.\n Scealt \u00f0u minra gesynta \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sceame \u00ferowian\n- 50\n- \n on \u00f0am myclan d\u00e6ge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne eall manna cynn \n se ancenneda \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle gesamna\u00f0.\n Ne eart \u00f0u \u00feon leofra \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 n\u00e6nigum lifigendra\n men to gem\u00e6ccan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne meder ne f\u00e6der\n ne n\u00e6nigum gesybban, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne se swearta hrefen,\n- 55\n- \n sy\u00f0\u00f0an ic ana of \u00f0e \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ut si\u00f0ode \n \u00feurh \u00fe\u00e6s sylfes hand \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee ic \u00e6r onsended w\u00e6s.\n Ne magon \u00fee nu heonon adon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hyrsta \u00fea readan\n ne gold ne seolfor \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne \u00feinra goda nan,\n ne \u00feinre bryde beag \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne \u00fein boldwela,\n- 60\n- \n ne nan \u00feara goda \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee \u00f0u iu ahtest, \n ac her sceolon onbidan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ban bereafod,\n besliten synum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond \u00fee \u00fein sawl sceal\n minum unwillum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 oft gesecan,\n wemman \u00fee mid wordum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa \u00f0u worhtest to me.\n- 65\n- \n Eart \u00f0u nu dumb ond deaf, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ne synt \u00feine dreamas awiht. \n Sceal ic \u00f0e nihtes swa \u00feeah \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nede gesecan,\n synnum gesargod, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond eft sona fram \u00fee\n hweorfan on hancred, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne halige men\n lifiendum gode \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lofsang do\u00f0,\n- 70\n- \n secan \u00fea hamas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee \u00f0u me her scrife, \n ond \u00fea arleasan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eardungstowe,\n ond \u00fee sculon her moldwyrmas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 manige ceowan,\n slitan sarlice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swearte wihta,\n gifre ond gr\u00e6dige. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ne synt \u00feine \u00e6hta awihte\n- 75\n- \n \u00fee \u00f0u her on moldan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mannum eowdest. \n For\u00f0an \u00fee w\u00e6re selre \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swi\u00f0e mycle\n \u00feonne \u00fee w\u00e6ron ealle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0an speda,\n (butan \u00feu hie ged\u00e6lde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dryhtne sylfum),\n \u00fe\u00e6r \u00f0u wurde \u00e6t frym\u00f0e fugel \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0\u00f0e fisc on s\u00e6,\n- 80\n- \n o\u00f0\u00f0e on eor\u00f0an neat \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6tes tilode, \n feldgangende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 feoh butan snyttro,\n o\u00f0\u00f0e on westenne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wildra deora\n \u00fe\u00e6t wyrreste, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r swa god wolde,\n ge \u00feeah \u00f0u w\u00e6re \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wyrma cynna\n- 85\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t grimmeste, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r swa god wolde, \n \u00feonne \u00f0u \u00e6fre on moldan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 man gewurde\n o\u00f0\u00f0e \u00e6fre fulwihte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 onfon sceolde.\n \u00feonne \u00f0u for unc b\u00e6m \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 andwyrdan scealt\n on \u00f0am miclan d\u00e6ge, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne mannum beo\u00f0\n- 90\n- \n wunda onwrigene, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea \u00f0e on worulde \u00e6r \n fyrenfulle men \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fyrn geworhton,\n \u00f0onne wyle dryhten sylf \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d\u00e6da gehyran\n h\u00e6le\u00f0a gehwylces, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heofena scippend,\n \u00e6t ealra manna gehw\u00e6s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mu\u00f0es reorde\n- 95\n- \n wunde wi\u00f0erlean. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ac hw\u00e6t wylt \u00f0u \u00fe\u00e6r \n on \u00feam domd\u00e6ge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dryhtne secgan?\n \u00feonne ne bi\u00f0 nan na to \u00fe\u00e6s lytel li\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on lime aweaxen,\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00f0u ne scyle for anra \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gehwylcum onsundrum\n riht agildan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne re\u00f0e bi\u00f0\n- 100\n- \n dryhten \u00e6t \u00feam dome. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ac hw\u00e6t do wyt unc? \n Sculon wit \u00feonne eft \u00e6tsomne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 si\u00f0\u00f0an brucan\n swylcra yrm\u00f0a, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa \u00f0u unc her \u00e6r scrife!\"\n Fyrna\u00f0 \u00feus \u00fe\u00e6t fl\u00e6schord, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sceall \u00feonne feran onweg,\n secan hellegrund, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nall\u00e6s heofondreamas,\n- 105\n- \n d\u00e6dum gedrefed. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lige\u00f0 dust \u00fe\u00e6r hit w\u00e6s, \n ne m\u00e6g him ondsware \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6nige gehatan,\n geomrum gaste, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 geoce o\u00f0\u00f0e frofre.\n Bi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6t heafod tohliden, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 handa toli\u00f0ode,\n geaglas toginene, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 goman toslitene,\n- 110\n- \n sina beo\u00f0 asocene, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swyra becowen, \n fingras tohrorene.\n Rib reafia\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 re\u00f0e wyrmas,\n beo\u00f0 hira tungan totogenne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on tyn healfa\n hungregum to frofre; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00fean hie ne magon huxlicum\n- 115\n- \n wordum wrixlian \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wi\u00f0 \u00feone werian gast. \n Gifer hatte se wyrm, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee \u00fea eaglas beo\u00f0\n n\u00e6dle scearpran. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Se genydde to\n \u00e6rest eallra \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on \u00feam eor\u00f0scr\u00e6fe,\n \u00fe\u00e6t he \u00fea tungan totyh\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond \u00fea te\u00f0 \u00feurhsmyh\u00f0\n- 120\n- \n ond \u00fea eagan \u00feurhete\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ufan on \u00fe\u00e6t heafod \n ond to \u00e6twelan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00f0rum geryme\u00f0,\n wyrmum to wiste, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne \u00fe\u00e6t werie\n lic acolod bi\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t he lange \u00e6r\n werede mid w\u00e6dum. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bi\u00f0 \u00feonne wyrma gifel,\n- 125\n- \n \u00e6t on eor\u00fean. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t m\u00e6g \u00e6ghwylcum \n men to gemynde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 modsnotra gehwam!\n \u00f0onne bi\u00f0 hyhtlicre \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t sio halige sawl\n f\u00e6re\u00f0 to \u00f0am fl\u00e6sce, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 frofre bewunden.\n Bi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6t \u00e6rende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eadiglicre\n- 130\n- \n funden on ferh\u00f0e. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mid gefean sece\u00f0 \n lustum \u00fe\u00e6t lamf\u00e6t \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t hie \u00e6r lange w\u00e6g.\n \u00feonne \u00fea gastas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gode word spreca\u00f0,\n snottre, sigef\u00e6ste, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond \u00feus so\u00f0lice\n \u00feone lichoman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lustum greta\u00fe:\n- 135\n- \n \"Wine leofesta, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feeah \u00f0e wyrmas gyt \n gifre greta\u00fe, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nu is \u00fein gast cumen,\n f\u00e6gere gefr\u00e6tewod, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of mines f\u00e6der rice,\n arum bewunden. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eala, min dryhten,\n \u00fe\u00e6r ic \u00fee moste \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mid me l\u00e6dan,\n- 140\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t wyt englas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle gesawon, \n heofona wuldor, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swylc swa \u00f0u me \u00e6r her scrife!\n F\u00e6stest \u00f0u on foldan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond gefyldest me\n godes lichoman, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gastes drynces.\n W\u00e6re \u00f0u on w\u00e6dle, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sealdest me wilna geniht.\n- 145\n- \n For\u00f0an \u00f0u ne \u00feearft sceamian, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne sceadene beo\u00fe \n \u00fea synfullan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond \u00fea so\u00f0f\u00e6stan\n on \u00feam m\u00e6ran d\u00e6ge, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6s \u00f0u me geafe,\n ne \u00f0e hreowan \u00feearf \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 her on life\n ealles swa mycles \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa \u00f0u me sealdest\n- 150\n- \n on gemotstede \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 manna ond engla. \n Bygdest \u00f0u \u00fee for h\u00e6le\u00f0um \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond ahofe me on ecne dream.\n For\u00fean me a langa\u00fe, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 leofost manna,\n on minum hige hearde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6s \u00fee ic \u00fee on \u00feyssum hyn\u00f0um wat\n wyrmum to wiste, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac \u00fe\u00e6t wolde god,\n- 155\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu \u00e6fre \u00feus la\u00f0lic \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 legerbed cure. \n Wolde ic \u00fee \u00f0onne secgan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t \u00f0u ne sorgode,\n for\u00f0an wyt bio\u00f0 geg\u00e6derode \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6t godes dome.\n Moton wyt \u00feonne \u00e6tsomne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sy\u00fean brucan\n ond unc on heofonum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heah\u00feungene beon.\n- 160\n- \n Ne \u00feurfon wyt beon cearie \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6t cyme dryhtnes, \n ne \u00fe\u00e6re andsware \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 yfele habban\n sorge in hre\u00f0re, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac wyt sylfe magon\n \u00e6t \u00f0am dome \u00fe\u00e6r \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d\u00e6dum agilpan,\n hwylce earnunga \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 uncre w\u00e6ron.\n- 165\n- \n Wat ic \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu w\u00e6re \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on woruldrice \n ge\u00feungen \u00ferymlice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feysses\"","title":"Soul and Body I","type":"page"}