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Charlemagne re\u00e7oit la soumission de Widukind \u00e0 Paderborn (Ary Scheffer, 1840, Versailles) depicting the capture and surrender of the Saxon leader Widukind at the hands of the Frankish King Charlemagne, an event which lead to the nominal conversion of the Saxon people to Christianity in the late eighth century.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As our Medieval Poetry Project<\/a> continues to expand into new territory, a section of the Old Saxon H\u00ealiand<\/em> (4665-4701), translated by Jake Coen<\/a>,<\/span> adds yet another medieval language to our project<\/span>. Coen discusses his interest in this section form the much larger Old Saxon alliterative poem, which transforms and versifies the Gospel, <\/span>in his <\/span>translator’s preface<\/em><\/a>.
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Transcription Note: the present text was transcribed from a recent scholarly edition of the H\u00ealiand<\/em> published by Eric Vanneufville in 2008. Furthermore, key words pertaining to fidelity and lordship have been preserved in brackets in the translation alongside their English-language form.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Old Saxon H\u00ealiand<\/em> 56 (4665-4701)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Nu ni uuilliu ik iu leng helen
\nhuat iu her nu sniumo scal te sorgu gistanden:
\nGi sculun mi gesuikan, gesidos mine,
\niuuues theganscepies, er than thius thiustrie naht
\nliudi farlitha endi eft lioht cume,
\nmorgan te mannu.\u201d Tho uuard mod gumon
\nsuido gisuorken endi ser hugi,
\nhriuuig umbi iro herte endi iro herron uuord
\nsuido an sorgun. Simon Petrus tho
\nthegan uuid is thiodan thristuuordun sprac
\nbi huldi uui\u0111 is herron: \u201cThoh thi all thit helitho folc\u201d quathie,
\n\u201cgisuican thina gisthos, thoh ik sinnon mid thi
\nat allon thara\u0180on tholoian uuilliu.
\nIk biun garo sinnon, ef mi god lati\u0111,
\nthat ik an thinon fullestie fasto gistande;
\nthoh sia thi an carcaries clustron hardo
\nthesa liudi bilucan, thouh ist mi luttil tueo,
\nne ik an them bendion mid thi bidan uuillie,
\nliggian mid thi so lie\u0180en; ef sia thines li\u0180es thann
\nthuru eggia nith ahtian uuillian,
\nfruo min thie guodo, ik gi\u0180u min ferah furi thik
\nan uuapno spil: nis mi uuerth iouuiht
\nte bimithanne so lango so mi min uuaro\u0111
\nhugi endi handcraft.\u201d Thuo sprak im eft is herro angegin:
\n\u201cHuat, thu thik biuuanis\u201d quathie, \u201cuuisaro treuuono,
\nthristero thingo: thu ha\u0180is thegnes hugi,
\nuuillion guodan. Ik mah thi seggian huo it thoh giuuerthan scal,
\nthat thu uuir\u0111is so uuekmuod, thoh thu nu ni uuanies so,
\nthat thu thines thiadnes te naht thriuuo farlognis
\ner hanocradi endi quithis that ik thin herro ni si,
\nac thu farmanst mina mundburd.\u201d Thuo sprac eft thie man angegin:
\n\u201cEf it gio an uueroldi\u201d quathie, \u201cgiuuerthan muosti
\nthat ik samad midi thi sueltan muosti,
\ndoian diurlico, thann ne uuurthi gio thie dag cuman
\nthat ik think farlognidi, lie\u0180o drohtin,
\ngerno for theson Iu\u0111eon.\u201d Thuo quathun alla thia iungron so,
\nthat sia thar an them thingon mid im tholian uueldin.<\/p>\n

“Peter’s Promise”: A Modern English translation by Jake Coen<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Now I do not wish to withhold from you very long what problems shall soon befall you: you shall abandon me and your loyalty [theganscepies<\/em>], my companions, before this dark night shall depart and shall come the light of morning to men.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then the minds of the men became darkened and their spirits sorrowful; their hearts mourned, and they worried greatly on account of their lord\u2019s [herron<\/em>] words. Simon Peter the loyal man [thegan<\/em>] spoke then to his master [thiodan<\/em>] with bold words of devotion for his lord: \u201cEven if all these heroic men, your companions,\u201d he said, \u201cabandon you, still I wish always to suffer every tribulation with you. If my God allow it to me, I will always be steadfastly by your side; even if these people lock you away in prison chains, still I have little doubt that I would not wish to remain with you in those shackles and to lie with you, beloved so; and if they, out of hate, wish to take away your life by the sword, my good lord [fruo<\/em>], I will give my life for you in the play of weapons [uuapno spil<\/em>]: I shall surrender nothing so long as I have my spirit and the power of my hands!\u201d<\/p>\n

Then his lord [herro<\/em>] spoke back to him: \u201cAlas, you consider yourself to be of great loyalty [treuuono<\/em>] and boldness,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have the spirit of a loyal man [thegnes<\/em>] and a good will. But I can tell you how it shall happen, that you shall become so weakminded\u2014even though you do not believe so now\u2014that you shall thrice forsake your master [thiadnes<\/em>] this evening before the cock\u2019s crow, and you will say that I am not your lord [herro<\/em>] and that you reject my authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

Afterward, the man replied: \u201cIf it must be,\u201d he said, \u201cthat I must perish with you in this world, that I must die in glory, still the day that I forsake you, beloved lord [drohtin<\/em>], before these Jews will never come.\u201d Then said all the disciples thus, that they wished to suffer with him there before the tribunal.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0Recitations by Jake Coen:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In Old Saxon:<\/p>\n