XXI.
THE BATTLE OF BRUNANBURH.
[From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.]
An. dccccxxxvii.
Hēr Æðelstān cyning, eorla drihten,
beorna bēahgifa, and his brōðor eac,
Ēadmund æðeling, ealdorlangne tīr
geslōgon æt sæcce sweorda ęcgum
5ymbe Brunanburh : bordweall clufon,[5]
hēowon heaðolinde hamora lāfum,
eaforan Ēadweardes ; swā him geæðele wæs
fram cnēomāgum, ðæt hī æt campe oft
wið lāðra gehwæne land ealgodon,
10hord and hāmas. Hęttend crungon,[10]
Scotta leode and scipflotan,
fǣge feollon : feld dennode
sęcga swāte, siþþan sunne ūpp
on morgentīd, mǣre tungol,
15glād ofer grundas, Godes candel beorht,[15]
ēces Drihtnes, oð sīo æðele gesceaft
sāh to setle. Ðær læg sęcg mǫnig
gārum āgēted, guma Norðerna
ofer scyld scoten, swylce Scyttisc ēac
20wērig wīges-sæd. Wesseaxe forð[20]
andlangne dæg ēoredcystum
on lāst lęgdon lāðum ðēodum;
