User:Mårtensås/Hildebrandslied/arch

Archaic

Pre 2nd sound shift version, with other small things like diphtongs ae instead of ei, ao instead of ō, ō instead of uo, p instead of pf

ih gi-hōrda þat seggēn
þat sih ur-haetun · aenen mōtīn
Hildi-brand endi Haþu-brand, · undar herium twaem
sunu-fadarungo, · iro saro rih-tun
garw-dun sie iro gūþ-hamun, · gur-dun sih iro swërd ana,
heliþa ubar hringa · þō sie to þëru hildiu ridun,

Hildi-brand gi-mahalda * · ër was haerōro man
fërahes frōdōro, · ër frāgēn gi-stōnd
faohēm wordum, · hwër sīn fader wāri
firahio in folke · […]
“ […] · ëþo hwe-līhhes knōsales þū sīs,
ibu þū mir aenan sagēs, · ih mir þiu ōþre waet
kinþ in kuning-rīhhe, · kunþ ist mīn al irmin-þiod,”

Haþu-brand gi-mahalda · Hildi-brandes sunu:
“þat sagē-dun mir unsere liudi
alde indi frōde · þie aerhina wārun,
þat Hildi-brand hēti mīn fader, · ih haetu Haþu-brand,
forn ër aostar gi-hwaet · flaoh ër Aod-ahres nīþ
hina mid Þio-drīhhe · endi sīnero þëgano filu,
ër fur-lēt in lande · lūtila sitten
brūd in būre · barn un-wahsan
arbio-laosa · ër raed aostar hina
þës sīþ Þiod-rīhhe · þarbā gi-stōndun
faderes mīnes, · þat was sō friund-laos man
ër was Aod-ahre · unmët tirri
þëgano þehhisto · undi Þiod-rīhhe
ër was io folkes at ende · imu was io fëhta to liob
kunþ was ër · kōnēm mannum
[…] · nī̆ wāniu ih ju līb habbe”

“waetu irmin-god (quaþ Hildi-brand) obana ab hebane
þat þū nio þanne hald mid sus sibban man · þing nī̆ gi-laedōs,
wand ër þō ur arme · wundane baoga
kaesaringu gi-dān, · sō imu sie þër kuning gab
Hūnio druhtīn, · þat ih þir it nū̆ bī hulþī gibu.”

Haþu-brand gi-mahalda · Hildi-brandes sunu:
“mid gaeru skal man · gëba in-fāhan
ord wiþar orde, · […]
þū bist þir aldēr Hūn · un-mët spāhēr
spenis mih mid þīnēm wordum · wili mih þīnu spëru wërpan,
bist alsō gi-aldēd man · sō þū ēwīn in-wid fōrdōs
þat sagē-dun mir · sēo-līþanda
wëstar ubar wendil-sēo · þat man wīg furnam,
daod ist Hildi-brand · Heri-brandes sunu.”

Hildi-brand gi-mahalda · Heri-brandes sunu:
“wëla gi-sihu ih in þīnēm hrustim
þat þū habēs haeme · hērrun gōdan
þat þū noh bī þësemu rīhhe · rehheo nī̆ wurdi,

wëlaga nū̆ waldand god (quaþ Hildi-brand) wae-wurd skihid
ih wallōda sumaro indi wintaro · sëhstug ur lande,
þār man mih io skerida · in folk skiotendero
sō man mir at burg aenīgeru, · banūn nī̆ gi-fasta,
nū̆ skal mih swāsat kinþ, · swërdu haowan
brëdōn mid sīnu billiu · ëþo ih imu ti banin wërþan,
þoh maht þū nū̆ aoþ-līhho · ibu þir þīn ellan daog,
in sus haeremu man · hrusti gi-winnan
raoba bi-rahanen, · ibu þū þār aenīg rëht habēs,

þër sī þoh nū̆ argōsto (quaþ Hildi-brand) aostar-liudo
þër þir nū̆ wīges warne · nū̆ þih ës sō wël lustid,
gūþia gi-maenūn · niuse þër mōti,
hwëþar sih þëro hiu-du hregilo · hrōmen mōti,
ëþo þësero brunnōno · baeþero waldan,”

þō lētun sie aerist · askim skrīdan
skarpēm skūrim · þat in þaem skildim stōnd,
þō stōptun to-samane · staem-bord hlūdun,
hewun harm-līhho · hwīte skildi
unti im iro lindūn · lūtilo wurdun,
giwigan midi wāpnum