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Wulf Ond Eadwacer

from V​í​gr​í​ð​r by Gealdýr

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Wulf ond Eadwacer finds its origin in the Exeter Book, or Codex Exoniensis. This codex of Old English poetry is estimated to date back to the late tenth century AD. This is Gealdýr’s first rendition in Old English.

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Wulf is on īeġe, iċ on ōþerre.
Fæst is þæt ēġlond, fenne biworpen.
Sindon wælrēowe weras þǣr on īġe;
willað hȳ hine āþeċġan ġif hē on þrēat cymeð.

Unġelīċe is ūs.
Unġelīċe is ūs.
Unġelīċe is ūs.
Unġelīċe is ūs.

Wulf, mīn Wulf! wēna mē þīne
sēoċe ġedydon, þīne seldcymas,
murnende mōd, nales metelīste.

Ġehȳrest þū, Ēadwacer? Uncerne eargne hwelp
bireð wulf tō wuda.
Þæt mon ēaþe tōslīteð þætte nǣfre ġesomnad wæs,

uncer ġiedd ġeador.
uncer ġiedd ġeador.
uncer ġiedd ġeador.
uncer ġiedd ġeador.

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Wulf is on an island, I on another.
That island is fast, enwarped with fens.
On this island, slaughter-cruel men are;
they will devour him if he approaches their pack.

It is different with us.
It is different with us.
It is different with us.
It is different with us.

I hounded Wulf with my wide-ranging hopes,
when it was rainy weather and I sat, wailing;
then the battle-strong boughs enclosed me:
for me there was joy, but also loathing.

Wulf, my Wulf! My desire for you
has made me sick, (your seldom-comings,
my mourning mind), more than meals missed.

Do you hear, Eadwacer? Our wretched whelp
a wolf bears to the woods.
One can easily sever that which was never joined:

our song together.
our song together.
our song together.
our song together.

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from V​í​gr​í​ð​r, released May 31, 2023
Written by Jonathan Barendsma, produced by Jonathan Barendsma and Leon Lieffijn

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