Metrical Charm 12: Against a Wen

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Wenne, wenne,         wenchichenne,
her ne scealt þu timbrien,         ne nenne tun habben,
ac þu scealt north eonene         to þan nihgan berhge,
þer þu hauest, ermig,         enne broþer.

5

He þe sceal legge         leaf et heafde.
Under fot wolues,         under ueþer earnes,
under earnes clea,         a þu geweornie.
Clinge þu         alswa col on heorþe,
scring þu         alswa scerne awage,

10

and weorne         alswa weter on anbre.
Swa litel þu gewurþe         alswa linsetcorn,
and miccli lesse         alswa anes handwurmes hupeban,
and alswa litel þu gewurþe         þet þu nawiht gewurþe.