The Wanderer Flashcards
experiences / awaits favour
are gebideth
Path of exile
wræclastas
Fate is very inflexible
Wyrd bith ful aræd
So spoke the earth-stepper
Swa cwæth eardstapa
Noble custom
Indryhten theaw
Bind fast his spirit-locker
His forthlocan fæste binde
my gold-friend I covered in earth’s hiding place
Goldwine minne hrusen heolstre biwrah
Falling frost and snow are mixed with hail
Hreosan hrim ond snaw hagle gemenged
Sorrow is renewed (x2)
Sorg/cearo bith geniwad
How they suddenly left the floor
Hu hi færlice flet ofgeafon
So this middle-earth … declines and falls
Swa thes middangeard … dreoseth and fealleth
Nor ever too desirous of boasting
Ne næfre gielpes to georn
The wine-halls topple
Woriath tha winsalo
Bird / hoary wolf
Fugel / hara wulf
One a sad faced warrior hidden in the earth-cave
Sumne dreorighleor in earthscræfe eorl gehydde
the Creator of men thus laid waste this earth
Ythde swa thisme eardgeard ælda scyppend
Deprived of the joy of its inhabitants
burgwara breahtma lease
The ancient work of giants
eald enta geweorc
Wise in mind
Frod in ferthe
Where has the treasure-giver gone? … Where are the joys of the hall?
Hwær cwom maththumgyfa? … Hwær sindon seledreamas?
All is hardship in this earthly kingdom
Eall is earfothlic eorthan rice
The action of fate changed the world under the heavens
Onwerideth wyrda gesceaft weoruld under heofnum
Transitory (on loan)
læne
So spoke the wise man in his mind
Swa cwæth snottor on mode
It will be well for him who seeks favour/mercy, consolation from the Father in heaven, where for us all security stands
Wel bith tham the him are seceth, frofre to Fæder on heofnum, thær us eal seo fæstnung stondeth
Hall-sick
Seledreorig
A wise man shall be patient” “A warrior shall wait…”
“Wita sceal gethyldig” “Beorn sceal gebidan… “
