{"id":123,"date":"2015-09-13T17:16:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T07:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2015-09-15T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T00:01:15","slug":"the-ruin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevewatson.info\/blog\/2015\/09\/13\/the-ruin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ruin"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501). The OE text is presented as in Mitchell & Robinson (2012) A Guide to Old English<\/em> (8th<\/sup> edn) Wiley-Blackwell:UK pp. 261-3. They note several emendations of the OE text, but only the reconstruction of line 12 is really significant. As usual in that text, wynn\u00a0and yogh\u00a0in the MS are replaced here by standard English letters, but \u00f0, \u00fe, and \u00e6 are retained. Length is marked by an underline, which I find less intrusive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wr\u00e6<\/u>tlic is \u00fees wealsta<\/u>n, wyrde gebr\u00e6<\/u>con;
\n<\/span>Wonderful is this wall-stone, Wierd broke (it);<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

burgstede burston, brosna\u00f0 enta geweorc.
\n<\/span>Shattered the stronghold, the work of giants is decayed.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Hro<\/u>fas sind gehrorene, hre<\/u>orge torras,
\n<\/span>The roofs are fallen in, the towers are ruined.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

hri<\/u>mgeat berofen, hri<\/u>m on li<\/u>me,
\n<\/span>the hoar-frosted gate is broken, rime on the lime-plaster, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

scearde scu<\/u>rbeorge scorene, gedrorene,
\n<\/span>scarred is the shower-shield, scored and collapsed,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e6ldo undereotone. Eor\u00f0gra<\/u>p hafa\u00f0
\n<\/span>under-eaten by age. Earth-grip has<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

waldend wyrhtan, forweorone, geleorene,
\n<\/span>the master builders, perished and departed,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

heardgripe hru<\/u>san, o\u00fe hund cne<\/u>a
\n<\/span>hard grips the ground, up to 100 generations<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

wer\u00feeoda gewitan. Oft \u00fe\u00e6s wag gebad
\n<\/span>of men have passed on. Often did this wall abide<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

r\u00e6gha<\/u>r ond re<\/u>adfa<\/u>h ri<\/u>ce \u00e6fter o<\/u>\u00ferum,
\n<\/span>grey with lichen and stained red, one kingdom after another, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

ofstonden under stormum; ste<\/u>ap ge<\/u>ap gedre<\/u>as.
\n<\/span>standing firm under storms; the high and wide (wall) decayed.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Wuna\u00f0 gi<\/u>et se wealsta<\/u>n wederum gehe<\/u>awen,
\n<\/span>Still stands the wall-stone battered by weather,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

fel on\u00a0\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.
\n<\/span>(by) files<\/em>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

grimme gegrunden \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026
\n<\/span>grim-ground<\/em>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026…<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026sca<\/u>n he<\/u>o\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.
\n<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026??<\/em>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026…<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026g or\u00feonc \u00e6<\/u>rsceaft\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..
\n<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026skill ancient work<\/em>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026g la<\/u>mrindum be<\/u>ag
\n<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026Mud-rind withdrew
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

mo<\/u>d mo… …yne swiftne gebr\u00e6gd<\/span>
\n will<\/em> \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 swift braided<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

hw\u00e6tre<\/u>d in hringas, hygero<\/u>f gebond
\n<\/span>clever in rings, the resolute bound<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

weallwalan wi<\/u>rum wundrum to<\/u>g\u00e6dre.
\n<\/span>wall-braces with wire skilfully together.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Beorht w\u00e6<\/u>ron burgr\u00e6ced, burnsele monige,
\n<\/span>Bright were the buildings, many the bathing halls,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

he<\/u>ah horngestre<\/u>on, hereswe<\/u>g micel,
\n<\/span>high the far-strewn gables, loud the din of armed men,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

meodoheall monig mondre<\/u>ama full,
\n<\/span>many a mead-hall full of the joy of men,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

o\u00fe\u00fe\u00e6t \u00fe\u00e6t onwende wyrd seo swi\u00fee.
\n<\/span>until Wierd the strong ended that.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Crungon walo wi<\/u>de, cwo<\/u>man wo<\/u>ldagas,
\n<\/span>The slain fell all about, came the days of woe,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

swylt eall forno<\/u>m secgro<\/u>fra wera;
\n<\/span>death took all the sword-valiant men;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

wurdon hyra wi<\/u>gsteal we<\/u>stensta\u00feolas,
\n<\/span>their sanctuaries became waste places,
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

brosnade burgsteall. Be<\/u>tend crungon
\n<\/span>the city decayed. The rebuilders went down<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

hergas to<\/u> hru<\/u>san. For\u00feon \u00fea<\/u>s hofu dre<\/u>orgia\u00f0,
\n<\/span>(of the) temples to the earth. So these buildings grow dreary,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

ond \u00fees te<\/u>aforge<\/u>apa tigelum sce<\/u>ade\u00f0
\n<\/span>and the roof sheds the red-curved tiles <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

hro<\/u>stbe<\/u>ages hro<\/u>f. Hryre wong gecrong
\n<\/span>from the vault ring. The ruin falls to the ground<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

gebrocen to<\/u> beorgum, \u00fe\u00e6<\/u>r iu<\/u> beorn monig
\n<\/span>broken into rubble-heaps, where of old many a warrior<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

gl\u00e6dmo<\/u>d ond goldbeorht gleoma gefr\u00e6twed,
\n<\/span>joyful and gold-bright glitteringly adorned<\/em>,<\/span><\/p>\n

wlonc ond wi<\/u>nga<\/u>l wi<\/u>ghyrstum sca<\/u>n;
\n<\/span>splendid and wine-brightened shone in war-gear;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

seah on sinc, on sylfor, on searogimmas,
\n<\/span>looked on treasure, on silver, on well-set gems,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

on e<\/u>ad, on \u00e6<\/u>ht, on eorcansta<\/u>n,
\n<\/span>on wealth, on riches, on precious stones,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

on \u00fea<\/u>s beorhtan burg bra<\/u>dan ri<\/u>ces.
\n<\/span>on this bright burg of a broad kingdom.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Sta<\/u>nhofu sto<\/u>dan, stre<\/u>am ha<\/u>te wearp
\n<\/span>Stone houses stood, a spring hot gushed<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

wi<\/u>dan wylme; weal eall befe<\/u>ng
\n<\/span>(in) a great surge; a wall enclosed all<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

beorhtan bo<\/u>sme, \u00fe\u00e6<\/u>r \u00fea<\/u> ba\u00feu w\u00e6<\/u>ron,
\n<\/span>within its bright bosom, where the baths were,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

ha<\/u>t on hre\u00fere. \u00fe\u00e6t w\u00e6s hy<\/u>\u00f0elic.
\n<\/span>hot to the heart. That was a fine thing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Le<\/u>ton \u00feonne ge<\/u>otan\u00a0\u2026\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026
\n<\/span>Let then pour<\/em>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

ofer ha<\/u>rne sta<\/u>n ha<\/u>te stre<\/u>amas
\n<\/span>over grey stone hot streams
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

un\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.
\n<\/span>?<\/em>.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 \u00fe\u00fe\u00e6t hringmere ha<\/u>te\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026
\n<\/span>\u2026[un]til a hot pool<\/em> \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u00fe\u00e6<\/u>r \u00fea<\/u> ba\u00feu w\u00e6ron.
\n<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 where the baths were.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00feonne is\u00a0\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..
\n<\/span>Then<\/em> \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026re; \u00fe\u00e6t is cynelic \u00feing,
\n<\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 ?; which is a kingly thing,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

hu<\/u>se \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. burg \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..
\n<\/span>building<\/em> \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. city<\/em> \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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