Dream (l. 101-121)

Question 1

Dēað hē þǣr byriġde; hwæðere eft Dryhten ārās

Answer 1

Death he tasted there; yet the Lord rose again

Question 2

“byriġde”

Answer 2

“tasted”

Question 3

mid his miċlan mihte mannum tō helpe.

Answer 3

with his great might to help men.

Question 4

Hē ðā on heofenas āstāg, hider eft fundaþ

Answer 4

He that ascended to heaven will come to this place again

Question 5

“hider”

Answer 5

“hither”, “to this place”

Question 6

“fundaþ”

Answer 6

“come”, “hasten”

Question 7

on þysne middanġeard mancynn sēċan

Answer 7

to this middle-earth to seek mankind

Question 8

on dōmdæġe Dryhten sylfa,

Answer 8

on doomsday the Lord himself,

Question 9

ælmihtiġ God ond his enġlas mid,

Answer 9

almighty God and his angels with him,

Question 10

þæt hē þonne wile dēman,

Answer 10

so that he will then deem,

Question 11

se āh dōmes ġeweald,

Answer 11

he who has the wielding of judgement,

Question 12

ānra ġehwylcum swā hē him ǣrur hēr

Answer 12

what each one of them (for he himself before here)

Question 13

on þyssum lǣnum līfe ġeearnaþ.

Answer 13

has earned in this transitory life.

Question 14

Ne mæġ þǣr ǣniġ unforht wesan

Answer 14

Never should any of them be unafraid

Question 15

“unforht”

Answer 15

“unafraid”

Question 16

for þām worde þe se Wealdend cwyð.

Answer 16

for the words that the Ruler will speak.

Question 17

Frīneð hē for þǣre mæniġe hwǣr se man sīe,

Answer 17

He asks the many for where the man might be,

Question 18

se ðe for Dryhtnes naman dēaðes wolde / biteres onbyriġan,

Answer 18

who for the Lord’s name would taste bitter death,

Question 19

swā hē ǣr on ðām bēame dyde.

Answer 19

just as he did before on that tree.

Question 20

Ac hīe þonne forhtiað, ond fēa þenċaþ

Answer 20

But then they will be afraid, and little think

Question 21

“forhtiað”

Answer 21

“be afraid”

Question 22

hwæt hīe tō Criste cweðan onġinnen.

Answer 22

what they will begin to say to Christ.

Question 23

Ne þearf ðǣr þonne ǣniġ anforht wesan

Answer 23

Then there will be no need for any of them to be frightened,

Question 24

“anforht”

Answer 24

“frightened”

Question 25

þe him ǣr in brēostum bereð bēacna sēlest,

Answer 25

for him who bears before him in the breast that best of beacons (wears the cross),

Question 26

ac ðurh ðā rōde sceal rīċe ġesēċan

Answer 26

but through the cross the kingdom is sought

Question 27

of eorðweġe ǣġhwylċ sāwl

Answer 27

by each soul of earthly way

Question 28

“eorðweġe”

Answer 28

“earthly region”

Question 29

sēo þe mid Wealdende wunian þenċeð.

Answer 29

who thinks to dwell with the ruler.”