Dream (l. 122-156)

Question 1

Ġebæd iċ mē þā tō þan bēame blīðe mōde,

Answer 1

I prayed to the tree with joyous spirit then,

Question 2

“gebæd”

Answer 2

“prayed”

Question 3

elne myċle, þǣr iċ āna wæs

Answer 3

with great zeal, there where I was alone

Question 4

mǣte werede.

Answer 4

with little company.

Question 5

Wæs mōdsefa

Answer 5

My spirit was

Question 6

āfȳsed on forðweġe; feala ealra ġebād / langunghwīla.

Answer 6

impelled on the way forward; I experienced in all many times of longing.

Question 7

“āfȳsed”

Answer 7

“impelled”, “urged”

Question 8

“forðweġe”

Answer 8

“the way forward”, “forth-way”

Question 9

Is mē nū līfes hyht

Answer 9

It is now my life’s hopeful joy

Question 10

þæt iċ þone siġebēam sēċan mōte

Answer 10

that I might seek the tree of victory

Question 11

āna oftor þonne ealle men, / well weorþian.

Answer 11

alone more often than all men, / to honour it well.

Question 12

Mē is willa tō ðām

Answer 12

My wish for that is

Question 13

myċel on mōde, ond mīn mundbyrd is

Answer 13

great in my mind, and my hope for protection is

Question 14

“mundbyrd”

Answer 14

“hope for protection”

Question 15

ġeriht tō þǣre rōde.

Answer 15

directed towards the cross.

Question 16

“ġeriht”

Answer 16

“directed”

Question 17

Nāh iċ rīċra feala

Answer 17

I do not have many powerful

Question 18

“rīċra”

Answer 18

“powerful”, “noble”, “wealthy”

Question 19

frēonda on foldan, ac hīe forð heonon

Answer 19

friends on earth, but they have gone forth hence

Question 20

ġewiton of worulde drēamum, sōhton him wuldres Cyning,

Answer 20

departed of worldly joys, sought for themselves the King of glory,

Question 21

lifiaþ nū on heofenum mid hēahfædere,

Answer 21

living now in heaven with the high father,

Question 22

“hēahfædere”

Answer 22

“high father”, “patriarch”, “God”

Question 23

wuniaþ on wuldre, ond iċ wēne mē

Answer 23

dwelling in glory, and I myself hope

Question 24

“wuldre”

Answer 24

“glory”

Question 25

"wēne"

Answer 25

"expect", "believe", "hope"

Question 26

daga ġehwylċe hwænne mē Dryhtnes rōd

Answer 26

each day for when the Lord's cross

Question 27

þe iċ hēr on eorðan ǣr scēawode

Answer 27

that I beheld before here on earth

Question 28

"scēawode"

Answer 28

"saw", "beheld", "examined"

Question 29

on þysson lǣnan līfe ġefetiġe

Answer 29

will fetch me here from this transitory life

Question 30

"ġefetiġe"

Answer 30

"fetch", "seize"

Question 31

ond mē þonne ġebringe þǣr is blis myċel,

Answer 31

and then bring me where there is great bliss,

Question 32

drēam on heofonum, þǣr is Dryhtnes folc

Answer 32

joy in heaven, where the Lord's people

Question 33

ġeseted tō symle, þǣr is singal blis,

Answer 33

are set in feasting, where there is everlasting bliss,

Question 34

"singal"

Answer 34

"everlasting", "perpetual", "enduring"

Question 35

ond mē þonne āsette þǣr iċ syþþan mōt

Answer 35

and then set me where I might afterwards

Question 36

wunian on wuldre, well mid þām hālgum

Answer 36

dwell in glory, well with the saints

Question 37

"hālgum"

Answer 37

"saints" (think hagiography)

Question 38

drēames brūcan.

Answer 38

to enjoy these joys.

Question 39

Sī mē Dryhten frēond,

Answer 39

May the Lord be a friend to me,

Question 40

se ðe hēr on eorþan ǣr þrōwode

Answer 40

he who suffered before here on earth

Question 41

on þām ġealgtrēowe for guman synnum.

Answer 41

on the gallows-tree for the sins of man.

Question 42

"ġealgtrēowe"

Answer 42

"gallows tree"

Question 43

Hē ūs onlȳsde ond ūs līf forġeaf

Answer 43

He liberated us and gave us life

Question 44

"onlȳsde"

Answer 44

"redeem", "release", "liberate"

Question 45

heofonlicne hām.

Answer 45

in the heavenly home.

Question 46

Hiht wæs ġenīwad

Answer 46

Hope was renewed

Question 47

"hiht"

Answer 47

"hope"

Question 48

mid blēdum ond mid blisse þām þe þǣr bryne þolodan.

Answer 48

with blessings and with bliss for those who suffered burning there.

Question 49

Se Sunu wæs sigorfæst on þām sīðfate,

Answer 49

The Son victorious in that journey,

Question 50

"sigorfæst"

Answer 50

"secure in victory"

Question 51

"sīðfate"

Answer 51

"journey"

Question 52

mihtiġ ond spēdiġ þā hē mid maniġeo cōm,

Answer 52

mighty and successful when he came with the many,

Question 53

gāsta weorode, on Godes rīċe,

Answer 53

a company of souls, into God's kingdom,

Question 54

Anwealda ælmihtiġ, enġlum tō blisse

Answer 54

the one ruler almighty, to the delight of angels

Question 55

"Anwealda"

Answer 55

"one ruler"

Question 56

ond eallum ðām hālgum þām þe on heofonum ǣr

Answer 56

and all the saints who were in heaven before

Question 57

wunedon on wuldre þā heora Wealdend cwōm,

Answer 57

who dwelled in glory when he the Ruler came,

Question 58

ælmihtiġ God, þǣr his ēðel wæs.

Answer 58

almighty God to where his homeland was.