{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a03_26.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a03_26.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a03_26.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 The Descent into Hell\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Ongunnon him on uhtan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6\u00feelcunde m\u00e6g\u00f0 \n gierwan to geonge; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wiston gumena gemot\n \u00e6\u00feelinges lic \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eor\u00f0\u00e6rne bi\u00feeaht.\n Woldan werigu wif \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wope bim\u00e6nan\n- 5\n- \n \u00e6\u00feelinges dea\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ane hwile, \n reonge bereotan. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R\u00e6st w\u00e6s acolad,\n heard w\u00e6s hinsi\u00f0; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6le\u00f0 w\u00e6ron modge,\n \u00fee hy \u00e6t \u00feam beorge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bli\u00f0e fundon.\n Cwom seo murnende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maria on d\u00e6gred,\n- 10\n- \n heht hy o\u00fere mid \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eorles dohtor. \n Sohton sarigu tu \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sigebearn godes\n \u00e6nne in \u00fe\u00e6t eor\u00f0\u00e6rn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r hi \u00e6r wiston\n \u00fe\u00e6t hine gehyddan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6le\u00f0 Iudea;\n wendan \u00fe\u00e6t he on \u00feam beorge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bidan sceolde,\n- 15\n- \n ana in \u00fe\u00e6re easterniht. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Huru \u00fe\u00e6s o\u00feer \u00feing \n wiston \u00fea wifmenn, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea hy on weg cyrdon!\n Ac \u00fe\u00e6r cwom on uhtan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an engla \u00fereat,\n beh\u00e6fde heapa wyn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6lendes burg.\n Open w\u00e6s \u00fe\u00e6t eor\u00f0\u00e6rn, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6\u00feelinges lic\n- 20\n- \n onfeng feores g\u00e6st, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 folde beofode, \n hlogan helwaran; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hagosteald onwoc\n modig from moldan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 m\u00e6gen\u00ferym aras\n sigef\u00e6st ond snottor. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 S\u00e6gde Iohannis,\n h\u00e6le\u00f0 helwarum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hlyhhende spr\u00e6c\n- 25\n- \n modig to \u00fe\u00e6re mengo \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ymb his m\u00e6ges ......: \n \"H\u00e6fde me gehaten \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6lend user,\n \u00fea he me on \u00feisne si\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sendan wolde,\n \u00fe\u00e6t he me gesoht... \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 siex mona\u00f0,\n ealles folces fruma. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nu ...... sceacen.\n- 30\n- \n Wene ic ful swi\u00fee \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond witod \n ...... to d\u00e6ge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dryhten wille\n ...... gesecan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sigebearn godes.\"\n Fysde hine \u00fea to fore \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 frea moncynnes;\n wolde heofona helm \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 helle weallas\n- 35\n- \n forbrecan ond forbygan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6re burge \u00ferym \n onginnan reafian, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 re\u00feust ealra cyninga.\n Ne rohte he to \u00fe\u00e6re hilde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 helmberendra,\n ne he byrnwigend \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to \u00feam burggeatum\n l\u00e6dan ne wolde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac \u00fea locu feollan,\n- 40\n- \n clustor of \u00feam ceastrum; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cyning in o\u00ferad, \n ealles folces fruma \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00f0 onette,\n weoruda wuldorgiefa. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wr\u00e6ccan \u00ferungon,\n hwylc hyra \u00fe\u00e6t sygebearn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 geseon moste,\n Adam ond Abraham, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Isac ond Iacob,\n- 45\n- \n monig modig eorl, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Moyses ond Dauid, \n Esaias \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond Sacharias,\n heahf\u00e6dra fela, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swylce eac h\u00e6le\u00fea gemot,\n witgena weorod, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wifmonna \u00fereat,\n fela f\u00e6mnena, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 folces unrim.\n- 50\n- \n Geseah \u00fea Iohannis \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sigebearn godes \n mid \u00fey cyne\u00ferymme \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cuman to helle,\n ongeat \u00fea geomormod \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 godes sylfes si\u00f0.\n Geseah he helle duru \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6dre scinan,\n \u00fea \u00fee longe \u00e6r \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bilocen w\u00e6ron,\n- 55\n- \n be\u00feeahte mid \u00feystre; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se \u00feegn w\u00e6s on wynne. \n Abead \u00fea bealdlice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 burgwarena ord\n modig fore \u00fe\u00e6re mengo \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond to his m\u00e6ge spr\u00e6c\n ond \u00fea wilcuman \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wordum grette:\n \"\u00fee \u00fe\u00e6s \u00feonc sie, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feeoden user,\n- 60\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu us... ...ige \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 secan woldest, \n nu we on \u00feissum bendum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bidan ......\n \u00feonne monige binde\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bro\u00feorleasne\n wr\u00e6ccan ...... \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (he bi\u00f0 wide fah),\n ne bi\u00f0 he no \u00fe\u00e6s nearwe \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 under ni\u00f0loc...\n- 65\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6s bitre gebunden \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 under bealuclommum, \n \u00fe\u00e6t he \u00fey y\u00f0 ne m\u00e6ge \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ellen habban,\n \u00feonne he his hlafordes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hyldo gelyfe\u00f0,\n \u00fe\u00e6t hine of \u00feam bendum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bicgan wille.\n Swa we ealle to \u00fee \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an gelyfa\u00f0,\n- 70\n- \n dryhten min se dyra. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ic adreag fela \n si\u00fe\u00fean \u00feu end to me \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in si\u00feadest,\n \u00fea \u00feu me gesealdest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sweord ond byrnan,\n helm ond heorosceorp, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (a ic \u00fe\u00e6t heold nu giet),\n ond \u00feu me gecy\u00f0dest, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cyne\u00ferymma wyn,\n- 75\n- \n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu mundbora \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 minum w\u00e6re. \n Eala Gabrihel, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hu \u00feu eart gleaw ond scearp,\n milde ond gemyndig \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond mon\u00few\u00e6re,\n wis on \u00feinum gewitte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond on \u00feinum worde snottor!\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu gecy\u00f0dest \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea \u00feu \u00feone cnyht to us\n- 80\n- \n brohtest in Bethlem. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bidan we \u00fe\u00e6s longe, \n setan on sorgum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sibbe oflyste,\n wynnum ond wenum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hwonne we word godes\n \u00feurh his sylfes mu\u00f0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 secgan hyrde.\n Eala Maria, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hu \u00feu us modigne\n- 85\n- \n cyning acendest, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea \u00feu \u00fe\u00e6t cild to us \n brohtest in Bethlem. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We \u00fe\u00e6s beofiende\n under helle dorum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hearde sceoldon\n bidan in bendum. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bona weorces gefeah;\n w\u00e6ron ure ealdfind \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle on wynnum\n- 90\n- \n \u00feonne hy gehyrdon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hu we hreowen... \n ...on murnende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 m\u00e6gburg usse,\n o\u00fe\u00fe\u00e6t ...... \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sigedryhten god,\n bimengdes... \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ...gust ealra cyninga.\n nu us mon modge \u00fee\n- 95\n- \n ageaf from usse geogo\u00f0e. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We \u00feurh gifre mod \n beswican us sylfe; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 we \u00fea synne for\u00feon\n bera\u00f0 in urum breostum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to bonan honda,\n sculon eac to ussum feondum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 freo\u00feo wilnian.\n Eala Hierusalem \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in Iudeum,\n- 100\n- \n hu \u00feu in \u00fe\u00e6re stowe \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stille gewunadest! \n Ne mostan \u00fee geondferan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 foldbuende\n ealle lifgende, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fea \u00fee lof singa\u00f0.\n Eala Iordane \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in Iudeum,\n hu \u00feu in \u00fe\u00e6re stowe \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stille gewunadest!\n- 105\n- \n Nales \u00feu geondflowan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 foldbuende; \n mostan hy \u00feynes w\u00e6tres \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wynnum brucan.\n Nu ic \u00fee halsie, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6lend user,\n deope in gedyrstum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u00feu eart dryhten Crist),\n \u00fe\u00e6t \u00feu us gemiltsie, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 monna scyppend.\n- 110\n- \n \u00feu fore monna lufan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feinre modor bosm \n sylfa gesohtes, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sigedryhten god,\n nales fore \u00feinre \u00feearfe, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feeoda waldend,\n ac for \u00feam miltsum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee \u00feu moncynne\n oft \u00e6tywdest, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne him w\u00e6s are \u00feearf.\n- 115\n- \n \u00feu meaht ymbfon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eal folca gesetu, \n swylce \u00feu meaht geriman, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rice dryhten,\n s\u00e6s sondgrotu, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 selast ealra cyninga.\n Swylce ic \u00fee halsige, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6lend user,\n fore ...inum cildhade, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 cyninga selast,\n- 120\n- \n ond fore \u00fe\u00e6re wunde, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weoruda dry... \n \u00feinum \u00e6riste, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6\u00feelinga wyn,\n ond fore \u00feinre me... \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ...ian nama,\n \u00fea ealle hellwara \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 herga\u00f0 ond lof...\n ...lum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee \u00fee ymb stonda\u00f0,\n- 125\n- \n \u00fea \u00feu \u00fee lete sittan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ...... hond, \n \u00fea \u00feu us on \u00feisne wr\u00e6csi\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weoroda dryhten,\n \u00feurh \u00feines sylfes geweald \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 secan woldest,\n ond fore Hierusalem \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in Iudeum,\n (sceal seo burg nu \u00fea \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bidan efne swa \u00feeah,\n- 130\n- \n \u00feeoden leofa, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feines eftcymes), \n ond for Iordane \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in Iudeum,\n (wit unc in \u00fe\u00e6re burnan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ba\u00feodan \u00e6tg\u00e6dre).\n Oferwurpe \u00feu mid \u00fey w\u00e6tre, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 weoruda dryhten,\n bli\u00fee mode \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ealle burgwaran,\n- 135\n- \n swylce git Iohannis \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in Iordane \n mid \u00fey fullwihte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f\u00e6gre onbryrdon\n ealne \u00feisne middangeard. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sie \u00fe\u00e6s symle meotude \u00feonc!\"","title":"The Descent into Hell","type":"page"}