Tag Archives: Stanzas

Stanza 15: Helix

ᛉ seccard hæfþ         oftust on fenne.
wexeð on wature.         wundaþ grimme.
blode breneð         beorna gehwylcne
ðe him ænigne         onfeng gedeð ᛬᛫

This sword has a dwelling… More

Stanza 14: The Game

ᛈ byþ symble         plega. and hlehter
wlancum         ðar wigan sittaþ
on beor sele         bliþe æt somne ᛬᛫

It is a feast game and laughter
For proud          sitting to battle… More

Stanza 16: Sun

ᛋ semannum         symble biþ on hiht
ðonn hi hine feriaþ         ofer fisces beþ
oþ hibrim hengest         bringeþ to lande ᛬᛫

For mariners, it is always hoped upon
When they ferry… More

Stanza 17: Tiw

ᛏ biþ tacna sum         healdeð trywa wel.
wiþ æþelingas         a biþ on færylde.
ofer nihta genipu         næfre swiceþ ᛬᛫

It is one of the signs, it holds trust well
With princes.… More

Stanza 13: Yew

ᛇ byþ utan         unsmeþe treow.
heard hrusan fæst         hyrde fyres.
wyrtrumun underwreþyd         wynan  on eþle ᛬᛫

It is on the outside an unsmooth tree.
Hard, earth bound,… More

Stanza 12: Year

ᛄ byþ gumena hiht         ðon god læteþ
halig heofones cyning         hrusan syllan
beorhte bleda         beornum and ðearfum ᛬᛫

It is the hope of humanity when God lets sprout,… More

Stanza 18: Birch

ᛒ byþ bleda leas.         bereþ efne swa ðeah
tanas butan tudder.         biþ on telgum wlitig.
heah on helme         hrysted fægere.
geloden leafum         lyfte getenge ᛬᛫

It… More

Stanza 19: War Horse

ᛖ byþ for eorlum         æþelinga wyn.
hors hofum wlanc.         ðær him hæleþ ymb.
welege on wicgum         wrixlaþ spræce.
⁊ biþ unstyllum         æfre frofur ᛬᛫

It is for warriors… More

Stanza 11: Ice

ᛁ byþ ofer ceald         ungemetum slidor
glisnaþ glæs hluttur         gimmum gelicust.
flor forste geworuht         fæger ansyne ᛬᛫

It is overly cold, immeasurably slippery… More

Stanza 10: Need

ᚾ byþ nearu on breostan         weorþeþ hi ðeah oft niþa bearnum
to helpe and to hæle ge hwæþre         gif hi his hlystaþ æror ᛬᛫

It is a constraint on the heart, though for the children… More

Stanza 20: Human

ᛗ byþ on myrgþe         his magan leof.
sceal þeah anra gehwylc         oðrum swican.
for ðam dryhten wyle         dome sine
ꝥ earme flæsc         eorþan betæcan ᛬᛫

In mirth they… More

Stanza 21: The Sea

ᛚ byþ leodum         langsum geþuht
gif hi sculun neþan         on nacan tealtum.
and hi sæ yþa         swyþe bregaþ.
and se brim hengest         bridles ne gym ᛬᛫

For the people… More

Stanza 9: Hail

ᚻ byþ hwitust corna.         hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte.
wealcaþ hit windes scuras.         weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan ᛬᛫

It is the whitest of grains; it whirls from heaven’s… More

Stanza 8: Joy

ᚹ ne bruceþ         ðe can ƿeana lyt
sares and sorge         and him sylfa hæfþ
blæd ⁊ blysse         and eac byrga geniht ᛬᛫

They partake of this who know little of woes,
Pain and anxiety,… More

Stanza 22: Ing

ᛝ wæs ærest         mid east denum.
gesewen secgun.         oþ he siððan est.
ofer wæg gewat         wæn æfter ran.
ðus heardingas         ðone hæle nemdun ᛬᛫

First he was among … More

Stanza 23: Home

ᛟ byþ ofer leof         æghwylcum men.
gif he mot ðær. rihtes         and gerysena on
brucan on bolde         bleadum oftast ᛬᛫

It is beloved to everybody
If we assemble there on what… More

Stanza 7: Gift

ᚷ gumena byþ         gleng and herenys.
wraþu ⁊ wyrþscype         ⁊ wræcna gehwam
ar and ætwist         ðe byþ oþra leas ᛬᛫

For the people it is ornament and praise
Support and honor,… More

Stanza 6: Torch

ᚳ byþ cwicera gehwam         cuþ on fyre
blac and beorhtlic         byrneþ oftust
ðær hi æþelingas         inne restaþ ᛬᛫

It is to the living who know it by its fire
Shining and bright,… More

Stanza 24: Day

ᛞ byþ drihtnes sond.         deore mannum.
mære metodes leoht.         myrgþ and to hiht
eadgum and earmum.         eallum brice ᛬᛫

It is the envoy of God, dear to the people
The light… More

Stanza 25: Oak

ᚪ byþ on eorþan.         elda bearnum.
flæsces fodor         fereþ gelome
ofer ganotes bæþ         garsecg fandaþ.
hwæþer ac hæbbe         æþele treowe ᛬᛫

It is on earth for the… More

Stanza 5: The Ride

ᚱ byþ onrecyde.         rinca gehwylcum.
sefte and swiþhwæt.         ðam ðe sitteþ on ufan
meare mægen heardum         ofer mil paþas ᛬᛫

To those who sit in a house
It feels soft. … More

Stanza 4: God

ᚩ byþ ordfruma.         ælcre spræce.
wisdomes wraþu.         and witena frofur.
and eorla gehwam.         eadnys and to hiht ᛬᛫

It is the source of every speech,
The support of … More

Stanza 26: Ash

ᚫ biþ ofer heah.         eldum dyre.
stiþ on staþule .        stede rihte hylt.
ðeah him feohtan on         firas monige ᛬᛫

It is very tall, dear to the elders
Firm in its foundations… More

Stanza 27: Bow

ᚣ byþ æþelinga         ⁊ eorla gehwæs.
wyn and wyrþmynd.         byþ on wicge fæger.
fæstlic on færelde.         fyrdgeatewa sum ᛬᛫

It is for the prince and the noble
Whose joy and… More

Stanza 3: Thorn

Þ byþ ðearle scearp.         ðegna gehwylcum.
anfengys yfyl         ungemetun reþe.
manna gehwylcun.         ðe him mid resteð ᛬᛫

It is severely sharp for all of the thegns.
Laying… More

Stanza 2: Aurochs

ᚢ byþ anmod.         and ofer hyrned.
fela frecne. deor         feohteþ. mid hornum.
mære morstapa.         ꝥ is modig wuht ᛬᛫

It is singleminded and overhorned
Fiercely dangerous… More

Stanza 28: Beaver

ᛡ byþ ea fixa         and ðeah abruceþ.
fodres on foldan.         hafaþ fægerne eard.
wætre beworpen.         ðær he wynnum leofaþ ᛬᛫

It is a river fish, though it always enjoys
Foraging… More

Stanza 29: The Grave

ᛠ byþ egle         eorla gehwylcun.
ðonn fæstlice         flæsc onginneþ.
hraw colian         hrusan ceosan
blac to gebeddan         bleda gedreosaþ.
wynna gewitaþ        … More

Stanza 1: Wealth

ᚠ  byþ frofur.         fira gehwylcum.
Sceal ðeah manna gehwylc.         miclun hyt dælan.
gif he wile. for drihtne         domes hleotan ᛬᛫

It is a consolation to each one of us,… More