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+Two different forms of the first six verses of the "Anglo Saxon Rune Poem"
+
+
+Firstly, Latin-based Anglo-Saxon orthography.
+
+ Feoh byþ frofur fira gehwylcum;
+ sceal ðeah manna gehwylc miclun hyt dælan
+ gif he wile for drihtne domes hleotan.
+
+ Ur byþ anmod ond oferhyrned,
+ felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum
+ mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht.
+
+ Ðorn byþ ðearle scearp; ðegna gehwylcum
+ anfeng ys yfyl, ungemetum reþe
+ manna gehwelcum, ðe him mid resteð.
+
+ Os byþ ordfruma ælere spræce,
+ wisdomes wraþu ond witena frofur
+ and eorla gehwam eadnys ond tohiht.
+
+ Rad byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum
+ sefte ond swiþhwæt, ðamðe sitteþ on ufan
+ meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.
+
+ Cen byþ cwicera gehwam, cuþ on fyre
+ blac ond beorhtlic, byrneþ oftust
+ ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ.
+
+Secondly, in Runic (Futhorc) Anglo-Saxon orthography
+
+ ᚠᛇᚻ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚠᚱᚩᚠᚢᚱ᛫ᚠᛁᚱᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛦᛚᚳᚢᛗ
+ ᛋᚳᛖᚪᛚ᛫ᚦᛖᚪᚻ᛫ᛗᚪᚾᚾᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛦᛚᚳ᛫ᛗᛁᚳᛚᚢᚾ᛫ᚻᛦᛏ᛫ᛞᚫᛚᚪᚾ
+ ᚷᛁᚠ᛫ᚻᛖ᛫ᚹᛁᛚᛖ᛫ᚠᚩᚱ᛫ᛞᚱᛁᚻᛏᚾᛖ᛫ᛞᚩᛗᛖᛋ᛫ᚻᛚᛇᛏᚪᚾ᛬
+
+ ᚢᚱ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚪᚾᛗᚩᛞ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᚩᚠᛖᚱᚻᛦᚱᚾᛖᛞ
+ ᚠᛖᛚᚪᚠᚱᛖᚳᚾᛖ᛫ᛞᛇᚱ᛫ᚠᛇᚻᛏᛖᚦ᛫ᛗᛁᛞ᛫ᚻᚩᚱᚾᚢᛗ
+ ᛗᚫᚱᛖ᛫ᛗᚩᚱᛋᛏᚪᛈᚪ᛫ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᛗᚩᛞᛁᚷ᛫ᚹᚢᚻᛏ᛬
+
+ ᚦᚩᚱᚾ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚦᛖᚪᚱᛚᛖ᛫ᛋᚳᛖᚪᚱᛈ᛫ᚦᛖᚷᚾᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛦᛚᚳᚢᛗ
+ ᚪᚾᚠᛖᛝ᛫ᛦᛋ᛫ᛦᚠᛦᛚ᛫ᚢᛝᛖᛗᛖᛏᚢᛗ᛫ᚱᛖᚦᛖ
+ ᛗᚪᚾᚾᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛖᛚᚳᚢᛗ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᚻᛁᛗ᛫ᛗᛁᛞ᛫ᚱᛖᛋᛏᛖᚦ᛬
+
+ ᚩᛋ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚩᚱᛞᚠᚱᚢᛗᚪ᛫ᚫᛚᛖᚱᛖ᛫ᛋᛈᚱᚫᚳᛖ
+ ᚹᛁᛋᛞᚩᛗᛖᛋ᛫ᚹᚱᚪᚦᚢ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᛁᛏᛖᚾᚪ᛫ᚠᚱᚩᚠᚢᚱ
+ ᚪᚾᛞ᛫ᛇᚱᛚᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᚪᛗ᛫ᛖᚪᛞᚾᛦᛋ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᛏᚩᚻᛁᚻᛏ᛬
+
+ ᚱᚪᛞ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚩᚾ᛫ᚱᛖᚳᛦᛞᛖ᛫ᚱᛁᚾᚳᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᛦᛚᚳᚢᛗ
+ ᛋᛖᚠᛏᛖ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᚹᛁᚦᚻᚹᚫᛏ᛫ᚦᚪᛗᚦᛖ᛫ᛋᛁᛏᛏᛖᚦ᛫ᚩᚾ᛫ᚢᚠᚪᚾ
+ ᛗᛖᚪᚱᛖ᛫ᛗᚫᚷᛖᚾᚻᛖᚪᚱᛞᚢᛗ᛫ᚩᚠᛖᚱ᛫ᛗᛁᛚᛈᚪᚦᚪᛋ᛬
+
+ ᚳᛖᚾ᛫ᛒᛦᚦ᛫ᚳᚹᛁᚳᛖᚱᚪ᛫ᚷᛖᚻᚹᚪᛗ᛫ᚳᚢᚦ᛫ᚩᚾ᛫ᚠᛦᚱᛖ
+ ᛒᛚᚪᚳ᛫ᚩᚾᛞ᛫ᛒᛇᚱᚻᛏᛚᛁᚳ᛫ᛒᛦᚱᚾᛖᚦ᛫ᚩᚠᛏᚢᛋᛏ
+ ᚦᚫᚱ᛫ᚻᛁ᛫ᚫᚦᛖᛚᛁᛝᚪᛋ᛫ᛁᚾᚾᛖ᛫ᚱᛖᛋᛏᚪᚦ᛬
+
+See <http://www.ragweedforge.com/poems.html> for more rune poems.
+
+
+1999-11-08 Robert Brady <rwb197@ecs.soton.ac.uk>