Waldere B
Waldere 2 — ed. not skaldic
Not published: do not cite (Waldere B)
text and translation
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
‘...ce bæteran
buton ðam anum | ðe ic eac hafa
on stanfate | stille gehided.
Ic wat þæt hit ðohte | ðeodric Widian
selfum onsendon, | and eac sinc micel
maðma mid ði mece, | monig oðres mid him
golde gegirwan | (iulean genam),
þæs ðe hine of nearwum | Niðhades mæg,
Welandes bearn, | Widia ut forlet;
ðurh fifela gewe... ...ld | forð onette.’
Waldere mað... ...lode, | wiga ellenrof,
hæfde him on handa | hildefrofre,
guðbilla gripe, | gyddode wordum:
‘Hwæt! ðu huru wendest, | wine Burgenda,
þæt me Hagenan hand | hilde gefremede
and getwæmde ...ðewigges. | Feta, gyf ðu dyrre,
æt ðus heaðuwerigan | hare byrnan.
Standeð me her on eaxelum | ælfheres laf,
god and geapneb, | golde geweorðod,
ealles unscende | æðelinges reaf
to habbanne, | þonne hand wereð
feorhhord feondum. | Ne bið fah wið me,
þonne ...... unmægas | eft ongynnað,
mecum gemetað, | swa ge me dydon.
ðeah mæg sige syllan | se ðe symle byð
recon and rædfest | ryh... ...a gehwilces.
Se ðe him to ðam halgan | helpe gelifeð,
to gode gioce, | he þær gearo findeð
gif ða earnunga | ær geðenceð.
þonne moten wlance | welan britnian,
æhtum wealdan, | þæt is’
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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