The Exeter Book (Jebson)/The Partridge

The Partridge Verse Indeterminate Saxon    Hyrde ic secgan gen          bi sumum fugle wundorlicne fæger, þæt word þe gecwæð          wuldres ealdor:  5  "In swa hwylce tiid          swa ge mid treowe to me  on hyge hweorfað,           ond ge hellfirena  sweartra geswicað,           swa ic symle to eow  mid siblufan           sona gecyrre  þurh milde mod.           Ge beoð me siþþan   10  torhte tireadge           talade ond rimde,  beorhte gebroþor           on bearna stæl." Uton we þy geornor          gode oliccan, firene feogan,          friþes earnian, duguðe to dryhtne,          þenden us dæg scine,  15  þæt swa æþelne          eardwica cyst in wuldres wlite          wunian motan. Finit. </dd> </dl>