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CHAPTER VII.
twelve hundred years of english.
I.
Runes on the Ruthwell Cross, of about the year 680.[1]
| (On-) geredæ hinæ God almeyottig þa he walde on galgu gi-stiga modig fore (ale) men . . . . . |
Girded him God almighty when he would on gallows mount proud for all men . . . . |
| (ahof) ic riicnæ cuningc heafunæs hlafard hælda ic (n)i darstæ bismærædu ungcet men ba ætgad(r)e ic (wæs) miþ blodse bistemid . . . . . |
I heaved the rich king heaven's lord heel (over) I durst not men mocked us both together. I was with blood besmeared . . . . . |
| Krist wæs on rodi hweþræ þer fusæ fearran kwomu æþþilæ ti lanum ic þæt al bi(h)eal(d) s(are) ic wæs mi(þ) sorgu(m) gi(d)æ(fe)d . . . . . |
Christ was on rood but there hurriedly From afar they came the Prince to aid I beheld all that sore I was with sorrows harrowed . . . . . |
- ↑ Stephens, Runic Monuments, I. 405.
