Translation by Megan Cavell<\/p>\n
A certain enemy robbed me of my life,
\nstole my world-strength; afterward he soaked me,
\ndunked me in water, dragged me out again,
\nset me in the sun, where I swiftly lost
\n5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the hairs that I had. Afterward the hard
\nedge of a knife, with all unevenness ground away, slashed me;
\nfingers folded, and the bird\u2019s joy
\n[spread] over me with worthwhile drops, often made tracks,
\nover the bright border, swallowed tree-dye,
\n10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a portion of the stream, stepped again on me,
\njourneyed, leaving behind a dark track. Afterward a hero
\nencircled me with protective boards, covered me with hide,
\ngarnished me with gold; therefore the wonderful
\nwork of smiths glitters on me, surrounded by wire.
\n15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now those ornaments and the red dye
\nand that wondrous dwelling widely worship
\nthe protector of the people, not at all foolish in wisdom.
\nIf the children of men wish to enjoy me,
\nthey will be the more sound and the more victory-fast,
\n20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the bolder in heart and the more blithe in mind,
\nthe wiser in spirit, they will have more friends,
\ndear and near, faithful and good,
\nupright and true; then their glory and prosperity
\nwill increase with favour and lay down
\n25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 goodwill and kindness and in the grasp of love
\nclasp firmly. Find what I am called,
\nuseful to men. My name is famous,
\nhandy to heroes and holy in itself.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Mec feonda sum\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 feore besny\u00feede,
\nworuldstrenga binom,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 w\u00e6tte si\u00fe\u00fean,
\ndyfde on w\u00e6tre,\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 dyde eft \u00feonan,
\nsette on sunnan,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r ic swi\u00fee beleas
\n5 \u00a0 \u00a0 herum \u00feam \u00fee ic h\u00e6fde. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Heard mec si\u00fe\u00fean
\nsna\u00f0 seaxses ecg, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0sindrum begrunden;
\nfingras feoldan, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0ond mec fugles wyn
\ngeond speddropum\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 spyrede geneahhe,
\nofer brunne brerd, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0beamtelge swealg,
\n10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 streames d\u00e6le,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 stop eft on mec,
\nsi\u00feade sweartlast. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Mec si\u00fe\u00fean wrah
\nh\u00e6le\u00f0 hleobordum,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 hyde be\u00feenede,
\ngierede mec mid golde; \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 for\u00feon me gliwedon
\nwr\u00e6tlic weorc smi\u00fea,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 wire bifongen.
\n15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nu \u00fea gereno \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0ond se reada telg
\nond \u00fea wuldorgesteald\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 wide m\u00e6re
\ndryhtfolca helm, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0nales dol wite.
\nGif min bearn wera \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 brucan willa\u00f0,
\nhy beo\u00f0 \u00fey gesundran \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 ond \u00fey sigef\u00e6stran,
\n20\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 heortum \u00fey hw\u00e6tran\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ond \u00fey hygebli\u00feran,
\nfer\u00fee \u00fey frodran,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 habba\u00fe freonda \u00fey ma,
\nsw\u00e6sra ond gesibbra, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0so\u00fera ond godra,
\ntilra ond getreowra, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00fea hyra tyr ond ead
\nestum yca\u00f0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0ond hy arstafum
\n25 \u00a0 \u00a0 lissum bilecga\u00f0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ond hi lufan f\u00e6\u00femum
\nf\u00e6ste clyppa\u00f0. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Frige hw\u00e6t ic hatte,
\nni\u00feum to nytte. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Nama min is m\u00e6re,
\nh\u00e6le\u00feum gifre\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 ond halig sylf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Translation by Megan Cavell A certain enemy robbed me of my life, stole my world-strength; afterward he soaked me, dunked me in water, dragged me out again, set me in the sun, where I swiftly lost 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the hairs that I had. Afterward the hard edge of a knife, with all unevenness ground away, slashed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","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=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scottbevill.net\/HVA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}