The Waldere Fragments
ca. 770
Waldere
Text:Waltharilied, Lateinisch/Deutsch,mit den Waldere-BruchstückenEd.: G. Vogt-Spira, Stuttgart 1994Facsimile:Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København
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Det Kongelige Bibliotek, København, NKS 167 b, 4º
Waldere A:
Hiltgund
. . . . [Hiltgund] . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . hyrde hyne georne:«Huru Weland[es] worc ne geswicedhmonna ænigum dhara dhe Mimming canheardne gehealdan. Oft æt hilde gedreas | |
5 | swatfag ond sweordwund sec[g] æfter odhrum.Ætlan ordwyga, ne læt dhin ellen nu gy[t]gedreosan to dæge, dryhtscipe . . .. . . . . . . . . . [nu] is se dæg cumen,thæt dhu scealt aninga odher twega |
10 | lif forleosan odhdhe lang[n]e domagan mid eldum, Ælfheres sunu.Nalles ic dhe, wine min, wordum cide,[dh]y ic dhe gesawe æt dham sweord[p]legandhurh edwitscype æniges monnes |
15 | wig forbugan odhdhe on weal fleon,lice beorgan, dheah the ladhra feladhinne byrnhomon billum heowun;ac dhu symle furdhor feohtan sohtest,mæl ofer mearce; dhy ic dhe metod ondred, |
20 | thæt dhu to fyrenlice feohtan sohtestæt dham ætstealle odhres monneswigrædenne. Weordha dhe selfnegodum dædum, dhenden dhin god recce!Ne murn dhu for dhi mece; dhe weardh madhma cyst |
25 | gife[dh]e to eoce, [mit] dhy dhu Gudhhere scealtbeot forbigan, dhæs dhe he dhas beaduwe ongan[mi]d unryhte ærest secan.Forsoc he dham swurde ond dham syncfatum,beaga mænigo, nu sceal beaga leas |
30 | hworfan from dhisse hilde, hlafurd secanealdne edhel odhdhe her ær swefan,gif he dha . . . . . . . . . . . . . ». . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Waldere B:
Gudhhere Waldere
. . . . . . . [Gudhhere] . . . . . . .« . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ce bæteranbuton dham anum, dhe ic eac hafaon stanfate stille gehided.Ic wat thæt [h]i[t] dhohte Dheodric Widian |
5 | selfum onsendon, ond eac sinc micelmadhma mid dhi mece, monig odhres mid himgolde gegirwan iulean genam,thæs dhe hine of nearwum Nidhhades mæg,Welandes bearn, Widia ut forlet; |
10 | dhurh fifela ge[wea]ld fordh onette.»Waldere madh[e]lode, wiga ellenrof,hæfde him on handa hildefro[f]re,gudhbilla gripe, gyddode wordum:«Whæt, dhu huru wendest, wine Burgenda, |
15 | thæt me Hagenan hand hilde gefremedeond getwæmde fedhewigges. Feta, gyf dhu dyrre,æt dhus headhuwerigan hare byrnan!Standadh me her on eaxelum Ælfheres laf,god ond geapneb, golde geweordhod, |
20 | ealles unscende ædhelinges reafto habbanne, thonne ha[n]d weredhfeorhhord feondum. [N]e bidh fah widh me,thonne [w]ifl[e] unmægas eft ongynnadh,mecum gemetadh, swa ge me dydon. |
25 | Dheah mæg sige syllan se dhe symle bydhrecon ond rædfest ryhta gehwilces.Se dhe him to dham halgan helpe gelifedh,to gode gioce, he thær gearo findedh,gif dha earnunga ær gedhencedh. |
30 | Thonne moten wlance welan britnian,æhtum wealdan, thæt is . . . . . ». . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |