iddle 79

Frod wæs min fromcynn     [ . . . . . . . ]

 

My race is old, my seasons many,

 

biden in burgum,    siþþan bæles weard

 

My sorrows deep. I have dwelt in cities

 

[ . . . . . . ] wera     life bewunden,

 

Since the fire-guardian wrought with flame

 

fyre gefælsad.    Nu me fah warað

 

My clean beginning in the world of men,

 

eorþan broþor,    se me ærest wearð

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Purged my body with a circling fire.

5

gumena to gyrne.     Ic ful gearwe gemon

 

Now a fierce earth-brother stands guard,

 

hwa min fromcynn     fruman agette

 

The first to shape my sorrow--I remember

 

eall of earde;    ic him yfle ne mot,

 

Who ripped our race, hard from its homeland,

 

ac ic hæftnyd    hwilum arære

 

Stripped us from the ground. I cannot bind

 

wide geond wongas.     Hæbbe ic wundra fela,

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Or blast him, yet I cause the clench of slavery

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middangeardes    mægen unlytel,

 

Round the world. Though my wounds are many

 

ac ic miþan sceal     monna gehwylcum

 

On middle-earth, my strength is great.

 

degolfulne dom     dyran cræftes,

 

My craft and course, power and rich passage,

 

siðfæt minne.     Saga hwæt ic hatte.

 

I must hide from men. Say who I am.

 

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