Metrical Charm 10: For Loss of Cattle

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Metrical Charm 10: For Loss of Cattle Verse Indeterminate Saxon - ðis man sceal cweðan ðonne his ceapa hwilcne man for- stolenne. Cwyð ær he ænyg oþer word cweðe: Bethlem hattæ seo burh ðe Crist on geboren wes, seo is gemærsod ofer ealne middangeard; - 5 - swa ðeos dæd wyrþe for monnum mære, per crucem Christi! And gebide þe ðonne þriwa east and cweð þriwa: Crux Christi ab oriente reducat. And III west and cweð: Crux Christi ab occidente reducat. And III suð and cweð: Crux Christi a meridie reducant. And - 10 - III norð and cweð: Crux Christi abscondita sunt et inuenta est. Iudeas Crist ahengon, gedidon him dæda þa wyrstan; hælon þæt hi forhelan ne mihton. Swa næfre ðeos dæd forholen ne wyrðe per crucem Christi.