Nu ic onsundran the secgan wille ...... treocyn ic tudre aweox; in mec aeld... sceal ellor londes se

Now I specially     shall speak to you ... of noble wood     I grew from a shoot; in me a man... must     in another land set ... the salt streams ...ed. Full often     I sought a boat where my liege-lord     ... me over high halls;     I am here now come on a ship's deck,     and you now shall know how you for the heart's love     of my lord in your mind must think.     I dare to promise that you there steadfast     troth shall find. Listen, he who carved this wood     commanded me to ask that you, treasure-adorned,     yourself remember in your mind's keep     the vows of old, that you two in old days     often spoke, while you were permitted     in the mead-halls to keep a home,     to hold one land, to foster friendship.     A feud drove him from his victorious people.     He himself now bids me joyfully urge you     to stir the sea-way, as soon as you hear     on the slope's edge the grieving cuckoo     cry in the grove. Let no living man     then hold you back, delay your leaving,     hinder your path. Begin to seek the sea,     the gull's homeland, board a sea-boat,     so that south from here over the sea-road     you may find the man, where your prince is     waiting for you. No greater joy     in this world could come to him in his heart's thought,     so he told me, than if all-ruling God     should grant you two ... together that you might then to warriors and companions     give out ... studded rings;     he has enough of gleaming gold.     ... a homeland he holds among a foreign people,     fair lands ... of heroes, though here my friend... compelled by need,     thrust his boat out, and on the waves' path     ... had to fare on the flood-way,     eager to journey, to stir the sea-currents.     Now that man has his woes overcome;     he has no lack of wishes, nor of horses, nor treasures,     nor mead-joys, nor any of the earl-treasures     on this earth, O prince's daughter, if he might have you,     fulfilling the old vow between you two.     I join together ᛋ and ᚱ, and ᛠ, ᚹ, and ᛞ     to name in an oath [Sun-Ride, Sea-Joy, Day] that he the pledge     and the loving troth, while he is living,     wishes to keep, that you two in old days     often spoke.