iddle 4*

Mec gesette soð      sigora waldend

 

The culminant lord of victories, Christ,

 

Crist to compe.     Oft ic cwice bærne,

 

Created me for battle. Often I burn

 

unrimu cyn      eorþan getenge,

 

Countless living creatures on middle-earth,

 

næte mid niþe,      swa ic him no hrine,

 

Treat them to terror though I touch them not,

 

þonne mec min frea     feohtan hateþ. 

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When my lord rouses me to wage war.

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Hwilum ic monigra      mod arete,

 

Sometimes I lighten the minds of many,

 

hwilum ic frefre     þa ic ær winne on

 

Sometimes I comfort those I fought fiercely

 

feorran swiþe--     hi þæs felað þeah,

 

Before. They feel this high blessing

 

swylce þæs oþres,     þonne ic eft hyra

 

As they felt that burning, when over the surge

 

ofer deop gedreag      drohtað bete.

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And sorrow, I again grace their going.

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