Religion
The Brussels Cross (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. E. V. K. Dobbie, vol. VI (1942)
Religion
Rod is min nama. Geo ic ricne cyning
bær byfigynde, blode bestemed.
þas rode het æþlmær wyrican and Aðelwold hys beroþor
Criste to lofe for ælfrices saule hyra beroþor.
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Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “The Brussels Cross (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/207/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “The Brussels Cross (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/207/.
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