- wrætlicu liþan;
cymlic from
ceole cleopode to londe,
hlinsade hlude –
hleahtor wæs gryrelic,
egesful on earde. Ecge wæron scearpe; wæs hio hetegrim, hilde...
- "day" (+h) /au/ /ɛu/ /ɔː/; /æf/ /(j)uː/ PG *hlahtraz > OE hlæhtor (WS
hleahtor) > "laughter"; PG *slahtiz > OE
sleht (WS slieht) > ME
sleight "slaughter"...
-
ylfete song/ dyde ic me to
gomene ganotes hleoþor/ ond ****lpan sweg fore
hleahtor wera/ mæw
singende fore medodrince. This
translation by
James Fisher. BirdLife...