The Wanderer in Poetic Form

Lines 1-17

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The Wanderer in Poetic Transcription

Oft him anhaga         are gebideð,                    &

metudes miltse,        þeah þe he modcearig                    &

geond lagulade         longe sceolde                    &

hreran mid hondum         hrimcealde sæ,                     &

wadan wræclastas.         Wyrd bið ful aræd!              (5)      &

Swa cwæð eardstapa,         earfeþa gemyndig,                    &

wraþra wælsleahta,         winemæga hryre:                    &

"Oft ic sceolde ana         uhtna gehwylce                     &

mine ceare cwiþan.         Nis nu cwicra nan                     &

þe ic him modsefan         minne durre                (10)    &

sweotule asecgan.         Ic to soþe wat                    &

þæt biþ in eorle         indryhten þeaw,                    &

þæt he his ferðlocan         fæste binde,                     &

healde his hordcofan,         hycge swa he wille.                    &

Ne mæg werig mod         wyrde wiðstondan,                 (15)   &

ne se hreo hyge         helpe gefremman.                    &

Forðon domgeorne         dreorigne oft                            &

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