Analecta Anglo-Saxonica Volume 1; Selections, in Prose and Verse, from the Anglo-Saxon Literature - With an Introductory Ethnological Essay, and Notes, Critical and Explanatory (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 Excerpt: ...to tham woruld-saelthum gewunod waes; and he tha nanre frofre be-nnan;ham carcerne ne gemunde; ac he gefeoll niwol of-dune on tha flor, and hine astrehte swithe unrot; and ormod hine-selfne ongan w6pan and thus singende cwaeth: CHAPTER II. "Tha lioth the ic wrecoa geo lust-baerlice sang, ic sceal mi heofiende singan, and mid swithe ungeradum wordum gesettan. Theah ic geo hwilum gec6plice funde, ac ic mi, wepende and gisciende, of geradra worda misfo. Me aWendonthasungetre6wan woruld-saeltha; and me tha forleton swa blindne on this dimne hol Tha bereafodon hi me aelcere lustbaernesse, tha-tha ic him aefre betst triiwode; tha wendon hi me heora baec to, and me mid-ealle 1. Tha ic tha this lioth, cwaeth Boetius, geomriende asungen haefde, tha com thaer gan in to me heofencund Wisdom, thaet min murnende Mod mid his wordum gegrette, and thus cwaeth: "Hii ne eart thu se mann, the on minre scole waere afed and gelaered? Ac hw6nan wurde thu mid thissum woruld-sorgum thus swithe geswenced? biiton (ic wat) thaet thu haefst thara waepna to hrathe forgiten the ic the aer sealde." Tha clipode se Wisdom, and cwaeth: "Gewitath mi, awirgede woruldsorga of mines thegenes Mode, fortham ge sind tha maestan sceathan. Laetath hine eft hweorfan to minum larum." Tha eode se Wisdom near, cwaeth Boetius, minum hreowsiendum gethohte, and hit swa niowol hwaet-hwegu up-araerde, adrigde tha mines Modes eagan, and hit fran blithum wordum, hwaether hit oncneowe his foster-modor? Mid-tham-the tha thaet Mod with his bewende, tha gecneow hit swithe sweotele his agne modor, thaet waes se Wisdom, the hit lange aer tyde and laerde; ac hit ongeat his lare swithe to-torene, and swithe to-brocene mid dysigra handum, and hine tha fran hii thaet gewurde. Tha andwyrde se ...