CHANT NATIONAL DES ANGLO-SAXONS SUR LA VICTO/RE DE BRUNANBURGH

iEthelstan cyning.

eorla drihten.

beorna beah-gyfa.

and his brothor eac Eadmund setheling.

ealdor langne tyr.

gerlogon set secce sweorda ecgum ymbe Brunan-burh".

Bord-weall clufon".

heowon heatholinde hamera lafum".

afaran Eadweardes.

Swa him ge-aethele wees from cneo-mgegum.

thaet hie eet campe oft with lathra ge-hwœne.

land ge-ealgodon.

hord and haraas.

Hettend crungun.

Sceotta leoda".

and scip-flotan

faege feollon".

feld dynede.

secga swate"'.

Syththan sunne up

on morgen-tid.

meere tuncgol.

glad ofer grundas.

Godes condel beorht

eces Dryhtnes.

othth sio eethele gesceaft

sah to" set le >

thser lœg secg maenig.

garum ageted.

guma Northerna".

ofer scyld scoten.

swilce ScyttioC eac werig wiges-saed *• West-Seaxe forlh ondlongne dœg eorod-cystum on-last legdun.

lathum theodum.

heowon here-flyman hindan thearle mecum mylen-scearpum \- Myrce ne wyrndon heordes hond plegan

hseletha nanum

thara the mid Anlafe

ofer aera-geblond

on lides bosme

land gesohtun

faege to gefeohte *•

Fife egun

on tham camp-stede

cyningas geonge

sweordum aswefede.

Sweolce seofene eac

eorlas Anlales.

and" unrim

heriges-flotan.'.

And Sceotia thacr.

geflemed wearth.

northmanna brega.

nyde-gebaeded

to lides stefne

litle werede *•

Cread-cnearon

flot-cyning ut gevvat

on fealone flode

feorh generede*»

Swilce thaBr eac se froda

mid fleame com

on his c^ththe north

Constantinus.'-

Har Hylde-rinc

hreman ne thorfte

maBcan gemanan.

Her" vœs bis maega sceard

and freonda gefylled.

on folc-stede

beslagen œt secce".

And his sunu forlet

on wael-stole

wundum forgrunden.

geonge aet guthe.

Gylpan ne thorfte

beorn blanden-feax

bil-geslehtes]-

Eald Inwidda

ne Anlaf thys ma

mid heora here-lafum

hlehan ne tliorftan.

thaet hie beadu-weorca

beteran wuidon.

on camp-stede.

cumbel-gehnades.

gar-mittinges.

gumena gemotes.

wai'pen-gewrixles.

thœs the hie on wael-felda

with-Eadweardes

aforan plegodon '•

Gewiîan him tha Northmen

naîgledon cnearrum.

dreorig daretha iaf.

on dinnes mère.

ofer deop weeter

Difelin secan

and heora land".

œ vise-mode.

Swilce tha gebrother

begen set samne. on thise iglande".

cyning and eetheling. sefer gyta"

cyththe sohton. folces gefylled

West-Seaxna land. beforan thissum

wiges hreamie". sweordes ecgum.

Laeton him behyndan thaes the us secgath bec

hra bryttian". ealde uthwitan.

salowig padan" siththan eastan hider

and" thone sweartan hrefn. Engle and Seax

hyrned nebban. up becomon.

and thane hasean padan". ofer brymum brad"

earn seftan hwit. Brytene sohton.

œses brucan. wlarce wig-smithas.

grsedigne guth-hafoc. Wealas ofer-comon

and thaet grsege deor eorlas arhwate.

wulf on wealde '• eard begeaton ).

Nawearth wsel mare

(Chronique saxonne, édition d'Ingram, p. 141. Londres, 1825.)

TRADUCTION DU .MORCEAU PRECEDENT

iEtlielstanus rex, comitum dominus, tiliis torquium largitor : ejusque etiam frater Eadmundtis Clilo; longa stirpis série [splendentes] interfecerunl [Hibernos] in prœlio, gladiorum acie,circa Brunanburli : muros fiderunt : occiderunt nobiles domestiese reliquiae defuncti Edwardi. Sic eis ingenitum fuit a cognatis ut nobile videretur, prselio fréquenter commisse-, contra latrones patriam defendere, thesauros, ac domicilia, et devota exteris, Scolorum gens et navium classis egregia peribant : campi resonarunt : milites acriter [pugnabant]; ex quo sol, prœclarum sidus, laetificans profunda; candelu conspicua Dei aeterni Domini, mane prodiret, donec nobilis creatura sedem repetisset. Ibi occubuerunt milites inulti, telis perforati : advenae Aquilonares sub scutis lanceati : Scoti etiam defessi praelio. Proies West-Saxonum, die longe provecta, turmis electis e vestigio prostraverunt invisas gentes : peremerunt excercitum fugientem, eos a tergo ce leriter insecuti, gladiis et jaculis acutis. Mercii non metuebnnt

durum nianus ludum. Salus tune nullis qui cum Anlafo trans maris campos, in navis gremio, terram petierunt ad pugnam fatalem. Quinque occubuerunt in loco praelii reges, juvenum gladiis percussi: septem etiam duces Anlali : absque numéro de exercitu navali et Scotis [ceciderunt]. Ibi fugatus est Danorum terror: compulsus est ad fluetuum fremitum cum parva turma : ploravit mœstus in fluctu rex : egressus cum paucis in fluctum, vitam liberavit. Inde etiam Froda fuga reversus est in suam patriam : Aquilonaris [Dux| Constantinus de pugnae congressu jactare nequiit inter suos cognatos : is fuit propinquorum fragmen : amici corruerant in statione populi, prostrati praelio : suum filium reliquit in loco stragis, vulneribus attritum, recentem ad pitelia : gloriari non potuit proies flavicoma, audax in praelio, vetusta ingenio. Nec magis Anlafus eorum reliquiae jactare potuerunt, quod ipsi adniinistratores negotiorum meliores erant in praelii loco : ictuum immanitate, telorum transforatione. Procerum concilia planxerunt vicissim suos in stragis campo cum Eadweardi filiis lusisse. Discesserunt inde Aquilonares viri cum navibus clavatis : mœstae reliquiae in mari resono ultra profundam aquam Difelinum petunt, suorumque terram dedecorant. Pariter etiam uterque frater, simul rex et Clito, patriam petunt, West-Saxonum terram. Praelii deploratores post se reliquerunt, corvum Britannos in escam devorantem, nigrum corvum, ore cornutum, raucum etimii bufonem; tum et aquilam albam escam seculum, voracem milvum, et lupum in saltu mixtum colore. Non fuit strages major in hac insula unquam [pluresve] populi occisi ante hac gladii acie (quos commémorant libri veterum historicorum) ex quo ab oriente hue Angli ac Saxones appellentes, et per mare latum Britanniam petentes, insignes bellorum fabri, Britannos superabant, Duces honore praestantes : [et] terram occupa bant.

{Chronique saxonne, édition Gibson, p. 112.)

NOMS DES PROVINCES ET DES PRINCIPALES VILLES. D' ANGLETERRE, TELS QU'ILS SONT ORTHOGRAPHIÉS DANS LES CHRONIQUES SAXONNES

Cant (Kent) ; Cantwaraburh (Canterbury).

Suthseaxe (Sussex); Cissanceaster (Chichester). Sudrige (Surrey).

Middelseaxe (Middlesex); Lundene (London). Eastseax (Essex); Colneceaster (Colchester). Heortfordscyre (Hertfordshire).

Buceinggahamscyre (Buckinghamshire).

Oxnafordscyre (Oxfordshire).

Bearwukscyre (Berkshire).

Hamtunscyre (Hantshire) ; Wintanceasler (Winchester). Wiltunscyre (Wiltshire) ; Searbyrig (Salisbury). Dornsetas (Dorset).

Sumurset (Somerset).

Defnascyre (Devonshire); Exanceaster (Exeter). Cornweallas (Cornwall).

. Gleawanceasterscyre (Glocestershire).

Wjgreceasterscyre (Worcestershire).

Weringwicscyre (Warwickshire) . Nordhamtunscyre (Northamptonshire).

Huntandunescyre (Hutingdonshire).

Bedanfordscyre (Bedfordshire).

Grantanbrycgscyre (Cambridgeshire).

Suthfolc (Suflblk); Gipeswic (Ipswick).

Northfolc (Norfolk) ; Northwic (Norwich). Lygraceaster (Leicester), Steflbrdscyre (Strasffordshire).

Scrobscyre (Shropshire); Scrobbesbyrig (Shrewsbury). Ceasterscyre (Chestershire).

Deorabyscyre (Derbyshire).

Snotingahamscyre (Nottinghamshire).

Lincolnescyre (Lincolnshire).

Eoforwicscyre (Yorkshire).

Wesmoringaland (Westmoreland).

Cumbraland (Cumberland).

Northanhumbraland (Korthumberland).