The Wanderer

Question 1

Oft him ānhaga āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse

Answer 1

Always the solitary ones lives to see favour
the mercy of the creator,

Question 2

þēah þe hē mōdcearig
geond lagulāde longe sceolde
hrēran mid hondum hrīmcealde sǣ,
5wadan wræclāstas

Answer 2

for himself
he sad at heart must stir the frozen sea throughout the sea ways
with his hands for a long time
the path of exile

Question 3

Wyrd bið ful ārǣd

Answer 3

Fate is completely resolute.

Question 4

Swā cwæð eardstapa, earfeþa gemyndig,
wrāþra wælsleahta,

Answer 4

So said the wanderer mindful of
afflictions cruel slaughter,

Question 5

winemǣga hryre:
Oft ic sceolde āna ūhtna gehwylce
mīne ceare cwīþan

Answer 5

the fall of
beloved kinsman always alone I must lament
my sorrow each dawn.

Question 6

Nis nū cwicra nān
10þe ic him mōdsefan mīnne durre
sweotule āsecgan.

Answer 6

No one is alive now
to whom I dare reveal my
heart openly.

Question 7

Ic tō sōþe wāt
þæt biþ in eorle indryhten þēaw
þæt hē his ferðlocan fæste binde,
healde his hordcofan, hycge swā hē wille

Answer 7

I know truly
that there is a very noble custom in a noble
man that he should bind
his feelings or whatever he may think

Question 8

15Ne mæg wērig mōd wyrde wiðstondan, ne se hrēo hyge helpe gefremman;

Answer 8

an exhausted spirit cannot withstand fate
nor can the troubled heart bring about health