To the stead of Thegn Brightnoth Came a seeking small war band Lytelman the silver giver Four friends at hand Herewulf the bow-wise Eawulf Galdor Stigand the stout heart Nothgyth the Brave By boat to the wild and onward they went up narrowing gulley till marchday was spent in darkness the sentinels denizens heard and […]
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The Defence of Ercongotastead – Lytelman’s Lay
Then she ordered each of her warriors the shieldwall to make From that one could tell that this chieftain would never Weaken in the warfare – when she her weapons seized. And after her Osric chose his chief to follow, Her friend in the fight – then ‘gan he forth to bear The spear to […]
The Dark of the Moon – Lyttleman’s Lay
Never before this were so many folk so evilly bonded By Pukelmen and evil wights Greatest among them woze-friend Raedwald Lost in dark deeds the terror of his band one of his crew, outlaw Aculf, named as nithing dweller apart in the frost hard woods soul rebelled in face of evil sought pact with Eawuld […]