- the
earth for the
benefit of mankind. The
lines 107b–8 (þu tida
gehwaneof sylfum þe
symle inlihtes),
translated as "all
spans of time you, of yourself, enlighten...
- Þæt ic bi me
sylfum secgan wille, þæt ic
hwile wæs
Heodeninga scop,
dryhtne dyre. Me wæs Deor noma. Ahte ic fela
wintra folgað tilne,
holdne hlaford, oþþæt...
- ond sōðfæsta
sunnan lēoma,
torht ofer tunglas, þū tīda
gehwane of
sylfum þē
symle inlihtes! Swā þū, god of gode
gearo acenned, sunu sōþan...
-
engla eard, eorþan gefylle,
ealne middangeard ond
merestreamas side mid me
sylfum. Saga hwæt ic hatte. I am
greater than this middle-earth, less than a hand-worm...
- þæt hi swa fule him to
godum gecuran þe
heora fulan lust heom to lage
sylfum gesettan and on unclænnesse
heora life al
lyfedan þa
hwile ðe hi wæron....
