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on his cȳþþe norð, Constantinus,
to his own region in the north – Constantine –
hār hilde-rinc. Hrēman ne ðorfte
hoary warrior. He had no reason to exult
mēca gemānan; hē wæs his māga sceard,
the great meeting; he was of his kinsmen bereft,
frēonda gefylled on folcstede,
friends fell on the battle-field,
beslægen æt sæcce, and his sunu forlēt
killed at strife: even his son, young in battle, he
left
on wæl-stōwe wundum forgrunden,
in the place of slaughter, ground to pieces with
wounds.
geongne æt guþe. Gylpan ne þorfte
That grizzle-haired warrior had no
beorn blanden-feax bill-geslihtes,
reason to boast of sword-slaughter,
eald inwitta, nē Anlāf ðȳ mā;
old deceitful one, no more did Anlaf;
mid hira here-lāfum hliehhan ne ðorfton
with their remnant of an army they had no
reason to
ðæt hīe beadu-weorca beteran wurdon
laugh that they were better in deed of war
on campstede cumbol-gehnastes,
in battle-field – collision of banners,
gar-mittinge, gumena gemōtes,
encounter of spears, encounter of men,
wǣpen-gewrīxles, þæs hīe on wæl-felda
trading of blows – when they played against
wið Ēadweardes eaforan plegodon.
the sons of Eadweard on the battle field.
Gewiton him þā Northmenn nægled-
cnearrum,
Departed then the Northmen in nailed ships.
drēorig daroþa lāf, on Dinges mere
The dejected survivors of the battle,
ofer dēop wæter Dyflin sēcan,
sought Dublin over the deep water, leaving
Dinges mere
and eft Īraland, ǣwisc-mōde.
to return to Ireland, ashamed in spirit.
Swylce ðā gebrōðor bēgen ætsamne,
Likewise the brothers, both together,
cyning and æþeling, c
ȳððe sōhton,
King and Prince, sought their home,
West Seaxna lang, wīges hrēmge.
West-Saxon land, exultant from battle.
Lēton him behindan hrā bryttigan
They left behind them, to enjoy the corpses,
sealwig-pādan, þone sweartan hræfn
the dark coated one, the dark horny-beaked
raven
hyrned-nebban, and ðone hasu-pādan,
and the dusky-coated one,
earn æftan hwīt, ǣses brūcan,
the eagle white from behind, to partake of
carrion,
grǣdigne gūþ-hafoc, and þæt grǣge
dēor,
greedy war-hawk, and that gray animal
wulf on wealda.
the wolf in the forest.
Ne wearð wæl māre
Never was there more slaughter
on þȳs iglande ǣfre gȳta
on this island, never yet as many
folces gefylled beforan ðȳssum
people killed before this
sweordes ecgum, þæs þe ūs secgaþ bēc,
with sword's edge: never according to those
who tell us
eald ūðwitan, siððan ēastan hider
from books, old wisemen,
Engle and Seaxe ūpp becōmon,
since from the east Angles and Saxons came up
ofer brāde brimu Brytene sōhton,
over the broad sea. Britain they sought,
wlance wīg-smiþas, Wēalas ofercōmon,
Proud war-smiths who overcame the Welsh,
eorlas ār-hwæte eard begēaton.
glorious warriors they took hold of the land.
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