The Wanderer in Poetic Form

Lines 83-99

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Poetic Transcription Lines 83-99

deaðe gedælde,         sumne dreorighleor                                            &

in eorðscræfe         eorl gehydde.                                                        &

Yþde swa þisne eardgeard         ælda scyppend                 (85)             &

oþþæt burgwara         breahtma lease                                                   &

eald enta geweorc         idlu stodon.                                                    &

Se þonne þisne wealsteal         wise geþohte                                           &

ond þis deorce lif         deope geondþenceð,                                        &

frod in ferðe,         feor oft gemon                                        (90)                &

wælsleahta worn,        ond þas word acwið:                                            &

"Hwær cwom mearg? Hwær cwom mago?     Hwær cwom maþþumgyfa? &

Hwær cwom symbla gesetu?         Hwær sindon seledreamas?                   &

Eala beorht bune!         Eala byrnwiga!                                                    &

Eala þeodnes þrym!         Hu seo þrag gewat,                        (95)            &

genap under nihthelm,         swa heo no wære.                                        &

Stondeð nu on laste         leofre duguþe                                                    &

weal wundrum heah,         wyrmlicum fah.                                                &

Eorlas fornoman         asca þryþe,                                                            &

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