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Engla-Saxna Ġebed
Hál Wóden, his cýnedóm ġecymþ:
Se Ríċe þæs Ósġeardes,
Hwǽr þa déadan sculon eftárísan,
And líf sceal béon endeléas.
Hál Tíw, fæder þára éċe heofona:
Se blǽhǽwen-éaġena weard,
Hwǽr séo Sunne ús baþaþ mid hire léohte,
And séo frófre ús giefþ.
Hál Þunor, hwá eardaþ in Þrúðháme:
Se ealmihtiġ hamor hé bewierpþ,
Mid heofonfýre hé smítþ þa hellsceaðan,
And ús biergþ from þæt feorhbealwe.
Hál Frige, modor of ús eall:
Séo Byrþ-Gyfa and lærestre,
Mid lufe ús grétþ and smearcaþ,
In hire earmum wé slǽpaþ friðelíċe.
Hál Ingui-Fréa, hwá macaþ úre folc éacen:
Se grówere þæs lífes,
Mid his myċel-pintle ġesciepþ
And brédþ þa stranga-bród.
Hál Sceadu, séo hlǽfdíġe þára beorga:
Hwá buþ þǽm snáwe.
Hire fréoriġ éþelland
Is úre huntung-grund in winteres ċealdan.
Hál Hréða, séo Sigefæsta:
Bana þæs hrímforstes.
Mid sweorde in handa
Héo fyleþ úre féondas.
Hál þa Wælcyriġan:
Hwá from Wælhealle rídaþ
Tó ċéosan þa ofslægene.
Wé forðféraþ in hiera fæþme.
© Justin Douglas Blackford
Translation:
Anglo-Saxon Prayer
Hail Woden, his kingdom cometh:
The ream of Asgaard,
Where the dead shall riseth again
And life shall be endless.
Hail Tiw, father of the eternal sky:
The blue-eyed ward
Where the Sun batheth us with her light
And giveth us comfort.
Hail Thor, who dwelleth in Thrudheim:
The almighty hammer he throweth down
With heaven-fire he smiteth the hell-shades
And delivereth us from the forces of evil.
Hail Frigga, mother of us all:
The birth-giver and instructor,
With love greeteth and smileth at us.
In her arms we sleep peacefully.
Hail Ingui-Frey, who maketh our folk eke:
The grower of life,
With his great penis createth,
And breedeth the strong brood.
Hail Skadi, the lady of the mountains:
Who liveth in the snow.
Her frozen estate
Is our hunting ground in winter's cold.
Hail Hretha, the victorious:
Bane of the rime-frost.
With sword in hand
She falls our foes.
Hail the Valkyries:
Who from Valhalla ride
To choose the slain.
We fare forth in their embrace.
© Justin Douglas Blackford
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