The Northern Way

Heliand In Old Saxon

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Cod. Cotton. Cap. XXIV., Monac. fol. 31b
Contin. Nuptiae Canenses.
Joh. II. 5 - 10

  1. sconiost· skenkeon endi scapuuardos· thea thar scoldun thero

  2. scolu thionon· that sie thes ne uuord ne uuere· uuiht ne farletin· thes

  3. sie the helogo crist· hetan uueldi· leftean far them liudiun. Larea

  4. stodun thar· stenuatu sehsi. tho so stillo gebod· mahtig barn godes·

  5. so it thar manno filu· ne uuissa te uuarun. huo he it mit ‡ uuordu

  6. gesprac. He het thea skenkeon tho· skireas uuatares· thiu fatu fullien·

  7. endi hi thar mid is fingrun tho· segnade selbo· sinun handun· uuarh-

  8. te it te uuine. endi het is an en uuegi hladen· skeppien mid enoro

  9. scalon. endi tho te them skenkeon sprac. het is thero gesteo· the at

  10. them gomun uuas· themu heroston· an hand geban. ful mid fol-

  11. mun. themu the thes folkes thar· geuueld aftar themu uuerde·

  12. Reht so hi ‡ thes uuines gedranc. so ni mahte he bemidan· ne hi far

  13. theru menigi sprac· te themu brudigumon. quad that simbla

  14. that bezte lid· alloro erlo gehuilic· erist scoldi. geban at is go-

  15. mun. undar thiu uuirdid thero gumono hugi· auuekid mid

  16. uuinu· that sie uuel blidod. druncan dromead. than mag man

  17. thar dragan aftar thiu· lihdlicora lid. so ist thesoro liudeo thau.

  18. Than habas thu nu uunderlico· uuerdskepi thinan· gemarcod

  19. far thesoro menigi. hetis far thit manno folc· alles thines uuines·

  20. that uuirsiste· thine ambahtman· erist brengean. geban an thi-

  21. nun gomun. Nu sint thina gesti sade. sint thine druhtingos·

  22. druncane suido. is thit folc fruomod· nu hetis thu hir ford

  23. dragan. alloro lido loffamost. thero ‡ ic eo an thesumu

  24. liohte gesah. huergin hebbean. mid thius scoldis thu us hindag

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