Ik this giedd wreche bi me ful geomorre,
Medieval Unknown old_englishtransliterator: thothica
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Ik this giedd wreche bi me ful geomorre, minre sylfre sith. Ik thaet seggan maeg, hwaet ik yrmtha gebad, siththan ik up weox, niwes oththe ealdes, no ma thonne nu. A ik wite wonn minra wraecsitha. aerest min hlaford gewat heonan of leodum ofer ytha gelak; haefde ik uhtcheare hwaer min leodfruma londes waere. tha ik me feran gewat folgath sekan, wineleas wrekka, for minre weathearfe. Ongunnon thaet thaes monnes magas hyggean thurh dyrne gethoht, thaet hy todaelden unk, thaet wit gewidost in woruldriche lifdon lathlikost, ond mek longade. Het mek hlaford min herheard niman, ahte ik leofra lyt on thissum londstede, holdra freonda. Forthon is min hyge geomor, tha ik me ful gemaekne monnan funde, heardsaeligne, hygegeomorne, mod mithendne, morthor hyggendne. Blithe gebaero ful oft wit beotedan thaet unk ne gedaelede nemne death ana owiht elles; eft is thaet onhworfen, is nu swa hit no waere freondshipe uncher. Sheal ik feor ge neah mines felaleofan faehthu dreogan. Heht mek mon wunian on wuda bearwe, under aktreo in tham eorthshrafe. Eald is thes eorthsele, eal ik eom oflongad, sindon dena dimme, duna uphea, bitre burgtunas, brerum beweaxne, wik wynna leas. Ful oft mek her wrathe begeat fromsith frean. Frynd sind on eorthan, leofe lifgende, leger weardiath, thonne ik on uhtan ana gonge under aktreo geond thas eorthshrafu. thaer ik sittan mot sumorlangne daeg, thaer ik wepan maeg mine wraecsithas, earfotha fela; forthon ik aefre ne maeg thaere modcheare minre gerestan, ne ealles thaes longathes the mek on thissum life begeat. A shyle geong mon wesan geomormod, heard heortan gethoht, swylche habban sheal blithe gebaero, eak thon breostcheare, sinsorgna gedreag, sy aet him sylfum gelong eal his worulde wyn, sy ful wide fah feorres folklondes, thaet min freond siteth under stanhlithe storme behrimed, wine werigmod, waetre beflowen on dreorsele. Dreogeth se min wine mikle modcheare; he gemon to oft wynlikran wik. Wa bith tham the sheal of langothe leofes abidan.