The Death of Edward

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Death of Edward Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Her Eadward kingc, Engla hlaford, sende soþfæste sawle to Criste on godes wæra, gast haligne. He on worulda her wunode þrage - 5 - on kyneþrymme, cræftig ræda, XXIIII, freolic wealdend, wintra gerimes, weolan britnode, and healfe tid, hæleða wealdend, weold wel geþungen Walum and Scottum - 10 - and Bryttum eac, byre æðelredes, Englum and Sexum, oretmægcum, swa ymbclyppað cealde brymmas, þæt eall Eadwarde, æðelum kinge, hyrdon holdlice hagestealde menn. - 15 - Wæs a bliðemod bealuleas kyng, þeah he lange ær, lande bereafod, wunode wræclastum wide geond eorðan, syððan Cnut ofercom kynn æðelredes and Dena weoldon deore rice - 20 - Engla landes XXVIII wintra gerimes, welan brytnodon. Syððan forð becom freolice in geatwum kyningc kystum god, clæne and milde, Eadward se æðela, eðel bewerode, - 25 - land and leode, oðþæt lungre becom deað se bitera, and swa deore genam æþelne of eorðan; englas feredon soþfæste sawle innan swegles leoht. And se froda swa þeah befæste þæt rice - 30 - heahþungenum menn, Harolde sylfum, æþelum eorle, se in ealle tid hyrde holdlice hærran sinum wordum and dædum, wihte ne agælde þæs þe þearf wæs þæs þeodkyninges.