The Wanderer (Opening)

Anonymous · west_saxon

Old English (Original)

Oft him anhaga āre gebīdeþ, metudes miltse, þēah þe hē mōdcearig geond lagulāde longe sceolde hrēran mid hondum hrīmcealde sǣ.

Modern English Translation

Often the solitary one experiences grace, the mercy of the Lord, though he, sorrowful at heart, has long had to stir the ice-cold sea with his hands across the sea-ways.

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