Biographia Britannica literaria; or, biography of literary characters of Great Britain and Ireland. Anglo-Saxon period / arranged in chronological order.
- Thomas Wright
- Date:
- 1842
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Biographia Britannica literaria; or, biography of literary characters of Great Britain and Ireland. Anglo-Saxon period / arranged in chronological order. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the following peculiarly impressive description of the march of an army— ba him eorla mod ortrywe wears, siddan hie ge-sawon of sud-wegum fy'rd Faraonis ford on-gangan, ofer holt wegan, eored lixan. Garas trymedon, gud hwearfode, blicon bord-hreodan, by’man sungon, bufas bunian, peod-meare tredan. On hweel hwreopon here-fugolas, hilde gre’ dige, deawig-feSere, ofer driht-neum, wonn wel-ceasega ; wulfas sungon atol efen-leod ze/tes on wénan, carleasan deor cwyld roffum] beodan. Then the mind of his men became despondent, after they saw from the south ways the host of Pharaoh coming forth, © moving over the holt, the band glittering. They prepared their arms, the war advanced, bucklers gleamed, trumpets sung, standards rattled, they trod the nation’s frontier. Around them screamed the fowls of war, greedy of battle, dewy-feathered, over the bodies of the host, the dark chooser of the slain (the raven) ; the wolves sung their horrid even-song in hopes of food, the reckless beasts threatening death to the valiant. ba wears snelra werod snude ge-gearewod, cénra to campe ; stépon cyne-réfe secgas and gesidas, beeron bufas, féron to ge-feohte ford on ge-rihte, heeled under helmum, of bere haligran byrig, on pet deeg-red sylf; dynedan scildas, hlude hlummon. Then was the army of the bold ones quickly made ready, of the men eager for the conflict ; marched on nobly the warriors and their companions, they carried the standards, went to the fight straight forwards, the heroes under their helms, from the holy city, at the very dawn ; the shields resounded, loudly they roared.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33096740_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
