Weland the blade-winder \u00a0 \u00a0 suffered woe.
\nThat steadfast man \u00a0 \u00a0 knew misery.
\nSorrow and longing \u00a0 \u00a0 walked beside him,
\nwintered in him, \u00a0 \u00a0 kept wearing him down
\nafter Nithad \u00a0 \u00a0 hampered and restrained him,
\nlithe sinew-bonds \u00a0 \u00a0 on the better man.
\nThat passed over, \u00a0 \u00a0 this can too.<\/p>\n
For Beadohilde \u00a0 \u00a0 her brother’s death
\nweighed less heavily \u00a0 \u00a0 than her own heartsoreness
\nonce it was clearly \u00a0 \u00a0 understood
\nshe was bearing a child. \u00a0 \u00a0 Her ability
\nto think and decide \u00a0 \u00a0 deserted her then.
\nThat passed over, \u00a0 \u00a0 this can too.<\/p>\n
We have heard tell \u00a0 \u00a0 of Mathilde’s laments,
\nthe grief that afflicted \u00a0 \u00a0 Geat’s wife.
\nHer love was her bane, \u00a0 \u00a0 it banished sleep.
\nThat passed over, \u00a0 \u00a0 this can too.<\/p>\n
For thirty winters– \u00a0 \u00a0 it was common knowledge–
\nTheodric held \u00a0 \u00a0 the Maerings’ fort.
\nThat passed over, \u00a0 \u00a0 this can too.<\/p>\n
Earmonric \u00a0 \u00a0 had the mind of a wolf,
\nby all accounts \u00a0 \u00a0 a cruel king,
\nlord of the far flung \u00a0 \u00a0 Gothic outlands.
\nEverywhere men sat \u00a0 \u00a0 shackled in sorrow,
\nexpecting the worst, \u00a0 \u00a0 wishing often
\nhe and his kingdom \u00a0 \u00a0 would be conquered.
\nThat passed over, \u00a0 \u00a0 this can too.<\/p>\n
A man sits mournful, \u00a0 \u00a0 his mind in darkness,
\nso daunted in spirit \u00a0 \u00a0 he deems himself
\never after \u00a0 \u00a0 fated to endure.
\nHe may think then \u00a0 \u00a0 how throughout this world
\nthe Lord in his wisdom \u00a0 \u00a0 often works change–
\nmeting out honor, \u00a0 \u00a0 ongoing fame
\nto many, to others \u00a0 \u00a0 only their distress.
\nOf myself, this much \u00a0 \u00a0 I have to say:
\nfor a time I was poet \u00a0 \u00a0 of the Heoden people,
\ndear to my lord. \u00a0 \u00a0 Deor was my name.
\nFor years I enjoyed \u00a0 \u00a0 my duties as minstrel
\nand that lord’s favor, \u00a0 \u00a0 but now the freehold
\nand land titles \u00a0 \u00a0 he bestowed upon me once
\nhe has vested in Heorrenda, \u00a0 \u00a0 master of verse-craft.
\nThat passed over, \u00a0 \u00a0 this can too.<\/p>\n
Welund him be wurman\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0wr\u00e6ces cunnade,
\nanhydig eorl \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 earfo\u00fea dreag,
\nh\u00e6fde him to gesi\u00fe\u00fee \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sorge and longa\u00fe,
\nwintercealde wr\u00e6ce, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wean oft onfond
\nsi\u00fe\u00fean hine Ni\u00f0had on \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nede legde,
\nswoncre seonobende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on syllan monn.
\n\u00de\u00e6s ofereode, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feisses swa m\u00e6g.<\/p>\n
Beadohilde ne w\u00e6s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hyre bro\u00fera dea\u00fe
\non sefan swa sar \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa hyre sylfre \u00feing,
\n\u00fe\u00e6t heo gearolice \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ongietan h\u00e6fde
\n\u00fe\u00e6t heo eacen w\u00e6s; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6fre ne meahte
\n\u00feriste ge\u00feencan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hu ymb \u00fe\u00e6t sceolde.
\n\u00de\u00e6s ofereode, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feisses swa m\u00e6g.<\/p>\n
We \u00fe\u00e6t M\u00e6\u00f0hilde \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0mone gefrugnon
\nwurdon grundlease \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geates frige,
\n\u00fe\u00e6t hi seo sorglufu \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sl\u00e6p ealle binom.
\n\u00de\u00e6s ofereode, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feisses swa m\u00e6g.<\/p>\n
\u00d0eodric ahte \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00feritig wintra
\nM\u00e6ringa burg; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t w\u00e6s monegum cu\u00fe.
\n\u00de\u00e6s ofereode, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feisses swa m\u00e6g.<\/p>\n
We geascodan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eormanrices
\nwylfenne ge\u00feoht; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ahte wide folc
\nGotena rices; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t w\u00e6s grim cyning.
\nS\u00e6t secg monig \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sorgum gebunden,
\nwean on wenan, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wyscte geneahhe
\n\u00fe\u00e6t \u00fe\u00e6s cynerices \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ofercumen w\u00e6re.
\n\u00de\u00e6s ofereode, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feisses swa m\u00e6g.<\/p>\n
Site\u00f0 sorgcearig, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 s\u00e6lum bid\u00e6led,
\non sefan sweorce\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sylfum \u00feince\u00f0
\n\u00fe\u00e6t sy endeleas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 earfo\u00f0a d\u00e6l,
\nm\u00e6g \u00feonne ge\u00feencan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t geond \u00feas woruld
\nwitig Dryhten \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wende\u00fe geneahhe,
\neorle monegum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 are gesceawa\u00f0,
\nwislicne bl\u00e6d, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sumum weana d\u00e6l.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00e6t ic bi me sylfum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 secgan wille,
\n\u00fe\u00e6t ic hwile w\u00e6s \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heodeninga scop,
\ndryhtne dyre; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 me w\u00e6s Deor noma.
\nAhte ic fela wintra \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 folga\u00f0 tilne,
\nholdne hlaford, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 o\u00fe \u00fe\u00e6t Heorrenda nu,
\nleo\u00f0cr\u00e6ftig monn, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 londryht ge\u00feah
\n\u00fe\u00e6t me eorla hleo \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00e6r gesealde.
\n\u00de\u00e6s ofereode, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feisses swa m\u00e6g.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Weland the blade-winder \u00a0 \u00a0 suffered woe. That steadfast man \u00a0 \u00a0 knew misery. Sorrow and longing \u00a0 \u00a0 walked beside him, wintered in him, \u00a0 \u00a0 kept wearing him down after Nithad \u00a0 \u00a0 hampered and restrained him, lithe sinew-bonds \u00a0 \u00a0 on the better man. That passed over, \u00a0 \u00a0 this can too. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,4],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-poetry","tag-old-english","tag-poems-about-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}