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2.8 KiB
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59 lines
2.8 KiB
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Two different forms of the first six verses of the "Anglo Saxon Rune Poem"
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Firstly, Latin-based Anglo-Saxon orthography.
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Feoh byþ frofur fira gehwylcum;
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sceal ðeah manna gehwylc miclun hyt dælan
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gif he wile for drihtne domes hleotan.
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Ur byþ anmod ond oferhyrned,
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felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum
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mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht.
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Ðorn byþ ðearle scearp; ðegna gehwylcum
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anfeng ys yfyl, ungemetum reþe
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manna gehwelcum, ðe him mid resteð.
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Os byþ ordfruma ælere spræce,
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wisdomes wraþu ond witena frofur
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and eorla gehwam eadnys ond tohiht.
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Rad byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum
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sefte ond swiþhwæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan
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meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.
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Cen byþ cwicera gehwam, cuþ on fyre
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blac ond beorhtlic, byrneþ oftust
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ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ.
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Secondly, in Runic (Futhorc) Anglo-Saxon orthography
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ᚠᛇᚻ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚠᚱᚩᚠᚢᚱ᛫ᚠᛁᚱᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛦᛚᚳᚢᛗ
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ᛋᚳᛖᚪᛚ᛫ᚦᛖᚪᚻ᛫ᛗᚪᚾᚾᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛦᛚᚳ᛫ᛗᛁᚳᛚᚢᚾ᛫ᚻᛦᛏ᛫ᛞᚫᛚᚪᚾ
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ᚷᛁᚠ᛫ᚻᛖ᛫ᚹᛁᛚᛖ᛫ᚠᚩᚱ᛫ᛞᚱᛁᚻᛏᚾᛖ᛫ᛞᚩᛗᛖᛋ᛫ᚻᛚᛇᛏᚪᚾ᛬
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ᚢᚱ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚪᚾᛗᚩᛞ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᚩᚠᛖᚱᚻᛦᚱᚾᛖᛞ
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ᚠᛖᛚᚪᚠᚱᛖᚳᚾᛖ᛫ᛞᛇᚱ᛫ᚠᛇᚻᛏᛖᚦ᛫ᛗᛁᛞ᛫ᚻᚩᚱᚾᚢᛗ
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ᛗᚫᚱᛖ᛫ᛗᚩᚱᛋᛏᚪᛈᚪ᛫ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᛗᚩᛞᛁᚷ᛫ᚹᚢᚻᛏ᛬
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ᚦᚩᚱᚾ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚦᛖᚪᚱᛚᛖ᛫ᛋᚳᛖᚪᚱᛈ᛫ᚦᛖᚷᚾᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛦᛚᚳᚢᛗ
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ᚪᚾᚠᛖᛝ᛫ᛦᛋ᛫ᛦᚠᛦᛚ᛫ᚢᛝᛖᛗᛖᛏᚢᛗ᛫ᚱᛖᚦᛖ
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ᛗᚪᚾᚾᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛖᛚᚳᚢᛗ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᚻᛁᛗ᛫ᛗᛁᛞ᛫ᚱᛖᛋᛏᛖᚦ᛬
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ᚩᛋ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚩᚱᛞᚠᚱᚢᛗᚪ᛫ᚫᛚᛖᚱᛖ᛫ᛋᛈᚱᚫᚳᛖ
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ᚹᛁᛋᛞᚩᛗᛖᛋ᛫ᚹᚱᚪᚦᚢ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᛁᛏᛖᚾᚪ᛫ᚠᚱᚩᚠᚢᚱ
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ᚪᚾᛞ᛫ᛇᚱᛚᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᚪᛗ᛫ᛖᚪᛞᚾᛦᛋ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᚩᚻᛁᚻᛏ᛬
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ᚱᚪᛞ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚩᚾ᛫ᚱᛖᚳᛦᛞᛖ᛫ᚱᛁᚾᚳᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛦᛚᚳᚢᛗ
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ᛋᛖᚠᛏᛖ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᚹᛁᚦᚻᚹᚫᛏ᛫ᚦᚪᛗᚦᛖ᛫ᛋᛁᛏᛏᛖᚦ᛫ᚩᚾ᛫ᚢᚠᚪᚾ
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ᛗᛖᚪᚱᛖ᛫ᛗᚫᚷᛖᚾᚻᛖᚪᚱᛞᚢᛗ᛫ᚩᚠᛖᚱ᛫ᛗᛁᛚᛈᚪᚦᚪᛋ᛬
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ᚳᛖᚾ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚳᚹᛁᚳᛖᚱᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᚪᛗ᛫ᚳᚢᚦ᛫ᚩᚾ᛫ᚠᛦᚱᛖ
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ᛒᛚᚪᚳ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᛒᛇᚱᚻᛏᛚᛁᚳ᛫ᛒᛦᚱᚾᛖᚦ᛫ᚩᚠᛏᚢᛋᛏ
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ᚦᚫᚱ᛫ᚻᛁ᛫ᚫᚦᛖᛚᛁᛝᚪᛋ᛫ᛁᚾᚾᛖ᛫ᚱᛖᛋᛏᚪᚦ᛬
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See <http://www.ragweedforge.com/poems.html> for more rune poems.
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1999-11-08 Robert Brady <rwb197@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
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