Waldere —
non-skaldic stanzas: A B
Vol. [not skaldic: Waldere 1] — Waldere A
hyrde hyne georne:
‘Huru Welande... | worc ne geswiceð
monna ænigum | ðara ðe Mimming can
heardne gehealdan. | Oft æt hilde gedreas
swatfag and sweordwund | secg æfter oðrum.
ætlan ordwyga, | ne læt ðin ellen nu gy...
gedreosan to dæge, | dryhtscipe
| is se dæg cumen
þæt ðu scealt aninga | oðer twega,
lif forleosan | oððe l... ...gne dom
agan mid eldum, | ælfheres sunu.
Nalles ic ðe, wine min, | wordum cide,
ðy ic ðe gesawe | æt ðam sweordplegan
ðurh edwitscype | æniges monnes
wig forbugan | oððe on weal fleon,
lice beorgan, | ðeah þe laðra fela
ðinne byrnhomon | billum heowun,
ac ðu symle furðor | feohtan sohtest,
mæl ofer mearce; | ðy ic ðe metod ondred,
þæt ðu to fyrenlice | feohtan sohtest
æt ðam ætstealle | oðres monnes,
wigrædenne. | Weorða ðe selfne
godum dædum, | ðenden ðin god recce.
Ne murn ðu for ði mece; | ðe wearð maðma cyst
gifeðe to geoce, | mid ðy ðu Guðhere scealt
beot forbigan, | ðæs ðe he ðas beaduwe ongan
...d unryhte | ærest secan.
Forsoc he ðam swurde | and ðam syncfatum,
beaga mænigo, | nu sceal bega leas
hworfan from ðisse hilde, | hlafurd secan
ealdne eðel | oððe her ær swefan,
gif he ða’