iddle 55

Ðeos lyft byreð     lytle wihte

 

The wind carries small creatures

 

ofer beorghleoþa     þa sind blace swiþe,

 

Over hill-slopes and headlands: dark

 

swearte salopade.     Sanges rope

 

Coated, black-bodied, bursting with song

 

heapum ferað,     hlude cirmað,

 

They chirm and clamor like a troop on wing,

 

tredað bearonæssas,     hwilum burgsalo

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Winding their way to wooded cliff-walls,

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niþþa bearna.      Nemnað hy sylfe.

 

Sometimes to the halls of men-singing a name-song.

 

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