mimorian 01
mín naman is ġeōmor.
fram mec gefrægen
ánlípnesse.
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ānlīepan feorweġ.
wræclāst wuniende.
sundorgenġan.
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þis is mín áncorlíf.
bilewitan līf
eald feorweġas onfarende
wiðoutan searu or hǣþen-cræft.
A PLAIN LIFE
TRAVELLED UPON OLD PATHS
WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY OR “SCIENCE”.
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hér ān sárspell.
gemyndige ond mín mōdstaðolnesse.
onbutan ān ċild ... þone lýtling
mín ċild
hwá on wifes wambe ácwolenan.
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mín weoroldlif ġeāgnode ān frēond
in hwám ic behicgan ... trūwode
héo lǣwde and forléas mec
ond alibbende swá ic næfre wæs.
hwilc mec dreċeþ.
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swelc is ferhþ of se man geunrotsoð
ealles to swyðe - hwone
he lufode to swyðe.
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ða mæst mancynn … lēogaþ
hie earon slacfulan
ond nan inġehyġde libban,
būton gebéorscipe cwēmaþ īdelnesse
ond tócnæwaþ naht.
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se stēorlēasum folgiaþ árleásan
ond forhíenende hira nið ond grimnesse
on se gleaw.
THE INFANTILE FOLLOW THE WICKED.
AND SPEW THEIR HOSTILITY AND RIDICULE
UPON THOSE
WHO ARE WISE AND PRUDENT.
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mannes ansundnesse is tócnæwan
be fōtmǣla æfter déaþ.
THE INTEGRITY OF EACH MAN AND WOMAN
IS KNOWN
BY THE ‘FOOTPRINTS’
THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND AFTER DEATH.
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hér earon mín fōtsporum.
HERE … ARE MY FOOTPRINTS.
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ne tala ðú me, ðæt ic
ne cunne ánlépnesse.
in módsefan ic eom ánhaga
áncer-líc ... áncor-líc - in ferhþ,
ic forealdiġe.
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héo wordum wǽron ǽtter-berende.
HER WORDS WERE VENOMOUS.
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ic æt-rihtost understōde
be þu hú héo gelogen.
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héo is sorge mín ánge for eorþan.
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þa hwíle
ðe in mec bēon līf
þær mín arlícum lufuan anbidaþ
for héo.
þunresdæġ, 15 ƿeodmonað, 2024
