Resignation

transliterator: thothica

work_id: "d5fe9e58-3f94-4c5e-961f-267c5e2f09f4" work_slug: "unknown-old-english-elegies-d5fe9e" work_title: Old English Elegies author_name: Unknown chapter_number: 9 chapter_title: Resignation chapter_slug: "09-resignation" variant_id: "cabd809d-1db9-41e3-a6c5-1776b9335c1d" content_type: transliteration layout: prose language: old_english source_language: old_english language_direction: ltr script: latin word_count: 775 estimated_read_time: 7 source_url: "https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a03_25.htm"

Resignation

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Age mec se aelmihta micel ond manigfeald. Getacna me, raed araere. bitre bealodaede. to cunnunge. halges heofoncyninges, bette bealodaede gaesta god cyning, ond mec geleoran laet, geniman on thinne neawest, thy the hy him sylfum minum gaeste ongegn; sefa synnum fah, hwaethre ic me ealles thaes blithe mode, gewitnad for thisse worulde, yrmthu ofer eorthan, leodwynna leas, sarcwide secga, hwy ic gebycge Wudu mot him weaxan, bittre abolgen, cyththu gecwe... god, helpe min se halga dryhten! thu gesceope heofon ond eorthan ond wundor eall, min wundorcyning, the thaer on sindon, ece dryhten, Ic the, maere god, mine sawle bebeode ond mines sylfes lic, ond min word ond min weorc, witig dryhten, ond eal min leotho, leohtes hyrde, ond tha manigfealdan mine gethohtas. tungla hyrde, thaer selast sy sawle minre to gemearcenne meotudes willan, thaet ic the getheo thinga gehwylce, ond on me sylfum, sothfaest cyning, Regntheof ne laet on sceade sceppan, theah the ic scyppendum wuldorcyninge waccor hyrde, ricum dryhtne, thonne min raed waere. Forgif me to lisse, lifgende god, Ic tha bote gemon, cyninga wuldor, cume to, gif ic mot. Forgif thu me, min frea, fierst ond ondgiet ond gethyld ond gemynd thinga gehwylces thara thu me, sothfaest cyning, sendan wylle Nu thu const on mec firendaeda fela, feorma mec hwaethre, meotod, for thinre miltse, theah aic ma fremede grimra gylta thonne me god lyfde; haebbe ic thonne thearfe thaet ic thine setheah, hyldo getilge leorendum dagum, lif aefter othrum geseo ond gesece, thaet me siththan thaer unne arfaest god ecan dreames, lif alyfe, theah the laetlicor thonne bibodu waeron halgan heofonmaegnes. Hwaet, thu me her fela ...... forgeafe. Gesette minne hyht on thec, forhte forethoncas, thaet hio faestlice stonde gestathelad. Onstep minne hige, in gearone raed. Nu ic fundige to the, faeder moncynnes, of thisse worulde, nu ic wat thaet ic sceal, ful unfyr faca; feorma me thonne, wyrda waldend, in thinne wuldordream, leofra dryhten, geoca mines gaestes. thonne is gromra to fela aefestum eaden, haebbe ic thonne aet frean frofre, theah the ic aer on fyrste lyt earnode arna. Forlaet mec englas setheah nergende cyning, meotod, for thinre miltse. theah the ic mana fela aefter dogrum dyde, ne laet thu mec naefre deofol setheah thin lim laedan on lathne sith, thy laes hi on thone forethonc gefeon motan sellan thuhten englas oferhydige thonne ece Crist. Gelugon hy him aet tham geleafan; forthon hy longe scul..., werge wihta, wraece throwian. Forstond thu mec ond gestyr him, thonne storm cyme geoca thonne, mihtig dryhten, minre sawle, gefreotha hyre ond gefeorma hy, faeder moncynnes, haedre gehogode, hael, ece god, meotod meahtum swith. Min is nu tha ond ic ymb sawle eom feam sithum forht, theah thu me fela sealde arna on thisse eorthan. the sie ealles thonc meorda ond miltsa, thara thu me sealdest. No thaes earninga aenige waeron mid; ellen wylle habban ond hlyhhan ond me hyhtan to, fraetwian mec on ferthweg ond fundian sylf to tham sithe the ic asettan sceal, gaest gearwian, ond me thaet eal for gode tholian nu ic gebunden eom faeste in minum ferthe. Huru me frea witeteth sume thara synna the ic me sylf ne conn ongietan gleawlice. Gode ic haebbe abolgen, brego moncynnes; forthon ic thus bittre wearth swa min gewyrhto waeron micle fore monnum, thaet ic martirdom deopne adreoge. Ne eom ic dema gleaw, wis fore weorude; forthon ic thas word spraece fus on ferthe, swa me on frymthe gelomp thaet ic a tholade geara gehwylce (gode ealles thonc!) modearfotha ma thonne on othrum, fyrhto in folce; forthon ic afysed eom earm of minum ethle. Ne maeg thaes anhoga, leng drohtian, wineleas wraecca, (is him wrath meotud), gnorath on his geoguthe, ond him aelce maele men fullestath, ycath his yrmthu, ond he thaet eal tholath, ond him bith a sefa geomor, mod morgenseoc. Ic bi me tylgust secge this sarspel ond ymb sith spraece, longunge fus, ond on lagu thence, nat min bat on saewe, fleot on farothe; nah ic fela goldes ne huru thaes freondes, the me gefylste to tham sithfate, nu ic me sylf ne maeg fore minum wonaehtum willan adreogan. wyrde bidan, tanum laedan; ic for taele ne maeg aenigne moncynnes mode gelufian eorl on ethle. Eala dryhten min, meahtig mundbora! thaet ic eom mode seoc, is seo bot aet the gelong aefter life. Ic on leohte ne maeg butan earfothum aenge thinga feasceaft haele foldan ...unian; thonne ic me to fremthum freode haefde, me waes a cearu symle lufena to leane, swa ic alifde nu. Giet bith thaet selast, thonne mon him sylf ne maeg wyrd onwendan, thaet he thonne wel tholige.