Friday, May 29, 2020

Lēoþweorc.

On Ealdenglisce is þǣr ānne ġewuneliċne weġ tō findenne lēoþ, and þæt is eftgodstefnliċ fers. Hēr magon wit brūcaþ forma part from Bēowulfe and oðerum fersum tō ġefrāgienne be þissum ferscynne.

Ac forma sculon wit wītan word þā þe āreċċaþ fers. On ġereorde bēoþ twā stæfcynn, þā clipole stæfas and þǣm samodswegendum stafum. Þā clipole stæfas sindon ah, eh, ih, oh, uh, yh, æsc, and heora lengum hīwum mid līnan. Þā samodswegendum sind ealle ōðere stæfas. On ferslīnan sindon þǣr tweġen partas, and betwēonum him is stillnesse. Latost sculon wit wēnan mēter, and on mǣstan Ealdengliscferse is þis fēower streng stæfġefēg on līnan ; þās nemnaþ wit fēt. Ġif wit finden ilċ stæf on oðerum fētum, þonne wē nemiaþ þās eftgodstefna.

Hēr is forman part from Bēowulfe:

Hwæt wē GārDena        on ġeardagum
þēodcyninga                   þrymm ġefrūgnon
hū þā æðelingas             ellen fremedon.

Iċ hæfde on ǣġhwæðerum līnan þā fēt ġemearcod. On ǣġhwæðerum parte sind þǣr eftgodstefna. On formum līnan sind clipola eftgodstefna eh (on 'den' and on 'ġear') and ahe (on 'Gār' and on 'dag') and þǣm samodswegendum eftgodstefnum sind de (on 'Den' and on 'dag') and gehe (on 'Gār' and on 'dag'). Sāmhwilċ mæġ ēaðe secgan þæt ge on 'Gār' and 'ġear' sind efgodstefna, ac nis þis nā riht. Ān is ge, and ōðer is yog. On ōðere līnan sind þorn and yhe and ēac rehe eftgodstefna. On þrīddum līnan sind æsc mid ehe and ellum eftgodstefne. Hwȳ sindon æsc mid ehe eftgodstefna? Forþām ġif cupol stæf swā forman stæf and þissum bēgenum fētum sīen, þonne sind þās eftgodstefna, āhwæðre clipol stæf mægen hīe bēon. Mǣstan tīde sindon tū eftgodstefna on līnan ; ān is clipol stæf and ōðer is samodsegende stæf. Ac þǣr sind māran oððe læssan æt tide.

From Oppenhāmmeres ferse:

Iċ eom Dēaþ ġeworden     stend of woruldum.

Iċ wrōte ōðerlīċe þā eftgodstefna. Þǣr sindon fēower eftgodstefna on þisse līnan. Iċ þenċe þæt þǣr sīen læssan. Ac hit is ġiet riht eftgodstefnliċ fers.

Hēr is fers from Se Holbylta be Tōlcin Ealdran:

On seolfrenum siglum      þār hīe wǣfon
blōstmiende steorran,      on helmum hēngon
þæt wyrmes fȳr,                on wriðenum wīre
owodon lēoht                 mōnan and sunnum.

Hit is min selfes āwendung. Þēs is þærriht āwendung, and hit hielt þā samodstefna from his ferse. Ac hit nis gōd eftgodstefnliċfers.

On seolfrenum siglum       þār hīe settedon
þā heofonlīċe steorran       on helmum ngon
þæt wyrmes fȳr                   cnytedum on wīre
dūfodon on taporas            of hrōfes tungolum.

Þis is beteran fers. Ealle līnan hæfdon tū oððe þrēo eftgodstefna.

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