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I am trying to translate this poem can anyone help?
The Rune Poem
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
feoh byþ frofur fira gehwylcum.
Sceal ðeah manna gehwylc miclun hyt dælan
gif he wile for drihtne domes hleotan.
ur byþ anmod and oferhyrned,
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felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum,
mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht.
ðorn byþ ðearle scearp; ðegna gehwylcum
anfeng ys yfyl, ungemetun reþe
manna gehwylcun ðe him mid resteð.
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os byþ ordfruma ælcre spræce,
wisdomes wraþu and witena frofur,
and eorla gehwam eadnys and tohiht.
rad byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum
sefte, and swiþhwæt ðam ðe sitteþ on ufan
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meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.
cen byþ cwicera gehwam cuþ on fyre,
blac and beorhtlic, byrneþ oftust
ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ.
gifu gumena byþ gleng and herenys,
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wraþu and wyrþscype, and wræcna gehwam
ar and ætwist ðe byþ oþra leas.
wenne bruceþ ðe can weana lyt,
sares and sorge, and him sylfa hæfþ
blæd and blysse and eac byrga geniht.
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hægl byþ hwitust corna; hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
wealcaþ hit windes scuras, weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan.
nyd byþ nearu on breostan, weorþeþ hi ðeah oft niþa bearnum
to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre, gif hi his hlystaþ æror.
is byþ oferceald, ungemetum slidor,
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glisnaþ glæshluttur, gimmum gelicust,
flor forste geworuht, fæger ansyne.
ger byþ gumena hiht, ðon god læteþ,
halig heofones cyning, hrusan syllan
beorhte bleda beornum and ðearfum.
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eoh byþ utan unsmeþe treow,
heard, hrusan fæst, hyrde fyres,
wyrtrumun underwreþyd, wyn on eþle.
peorð byþ symble plega and hlehter
wlancum ðar wigan sittaþ
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on beorsele bliþe ætsomne.
eolhx secg eard hæfþ oftust on fenne,
wexeð on wature, wundaþ grimme,
blode breneð beorna gehwylcne
ðe him ænigne onfeng gedeð.
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sigel semannum symble biþ on hihte,
ðonn hi hine feriaþ ofer fisces beþ,
oþ hi brimhengest bringeþ to lande.
tir biþ tacna sum, healdeð trywa wel
wiþ æþelingas, a biþ on færylde,
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ofer nihta genipu næfre swiceþ.
beorc byþ bleda leas, bereþ efne swa ðeah
tanas butan tudder, biþ on telgum wlitig,
heah on helme hrysted fægere,
geloden leafum, lyfte getenge.
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eh byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn,
hors hofum wlanc, ðær him hæleþ ymbe,
welege on wicgum, wrixlaþ spræce,
and biþ unstyllum æfre frofur.
man byþ on myrgþe his magan leof;
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sceal þeah anra gehwylc oðrum swican,
for ðam dryhten wyle dome sine
þæt earme flæsc eorþan betæcan.
lagu byþ leodum langsum geþuht,
gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum,
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and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ,
and se brimhengest bridles ne gymeð.
ing wæs ærest mid Eastdenum
gesewen secgun, oþ he siððan eft
ofer wæg gewat, wæn æfter ran;
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ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdun.
eðel byþ oferleof æghwylcum men,
gif he mot ðær rihtes and gerysena on
brucan on bolde bleadum oftast.
dæg byþ drihtnes sond, deore mannum,
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mære metodes leoht, myrgþ and tohiht
eadgum and earmum, eallum brice.
ac byþ on eorþan elda bearnum
flæsces fodor, fereþ gelome
ofer ganotes bæþ; garsecg fandaþ
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hwæþer ac hæbbe æþele treowe.
æsc biþ oferheah, eldum dyre,
stiþ on staþule, stede rihte hylt,
ðeah him feohtan on firas monige.
yr byþ æþelinga and eorla gehwæs
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wyn and wyrþmynd, byþ on wicge fæger,
fæstlic on færelde, fyrdgeatewa sum.
ior byþ eafix, and ðeah a bruceþ
fodres on foldan, hafaþ fægerne eard,
wætre beworpen, ðær he wynnum leofaþ.
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ear byþ egle eorla gehwylcun,
ðonn fæstlice flæsc onginneþ,
hraw colian, hrusan ceosan
blac to gebeddan; bleda gedreosaþ,
wynna gewitaþ, wera geswicaþ.
The Rune Poem
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
feoh byþ frofur fira gehwylcum.
Sceal ðeah manna gehwylc miclun hyt dælan
gif he wile for drihtne domes hleotan.
ur byþ anmod and oferhyrned,
5
felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum,
mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht.
ðorn byþ ðearle scearp; ðegna gehwylcum
anfeng ys yfyl, ungemetun reþe
manna gehwylcun ðe him mid resteð.
10
os byþ ordfruma ælcre spræce,
wisdomes wraþu and witena frofur,
and eorla gehwam eadnys and tohiht.
rad byþ on recyde rinca gehwylcum
sefte, and swiþhwæt ðam ðe sitteþ on ufan
15
meare mægenheardum ofer milpaþas.
cen byþ cwicera gehwam cuþ on fyre,
blac and beorhtlic, byrneþ oftust
ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ.
gifu gumena byþ gleng and herenys,
20
wraþu and wyrþscype, and wræcna gehwam
ar and ætwist ðe byþ oþra leas.
wenne bruceþ ðe can weana lyt,
sares and sorge, and him sylfa hæfþ
blæd and blysse and eac byrga geniht.
25
hægl byþ hwitust corna; hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
wealcaþ hit windes scuras, weorþeþ hit to wætere syððan.
nyd byþ nearu on breostan, weorþeþ hi ðeah oft niþa bearnum
to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre, gif hi his hlystaþ æror.
is byþ oferceald, ungemetum slidor,
30
glisnaþ glæshluttur, gimmum gelicust,
flor forste geworuht, fæger ansyne.
ger byþ gumena hiht, ðon god læteþ,
halig heofones cyning, hrusan syllan
beorhte bleda beornum and ðearfum.
35
eoh byþ utan unsmeþe treow,
heard, hrusan fæst, hyrde fyres,
wyrtrumun underwreþyd, wyn on eþle.
peorð byþ symble plega and hlehter
wlancum ðar wigan sittaþ
40
on beorsele bliþe ætsomne.
eolhx secg eard hæfþ oftust on fenne,
wexeð on wature, wundaþ grimme,
blode breneð beorna gehwylcne
ðe him ænigne onfeng gedeð.
45
sigel semannum symble biþ on hihte,
ðonn hi hine feriaþ ofer fisces beþ,
oþ hi brimhengest bringeþ to lande.
tir biþ tacna sum, healdeð trywa wel
wiþ æþelingas, a biþ on færylde,
50
ofer nihta genipu næfre swiceþ.
beorc byþ bleda leas, bereþ efne swa ðeah
tanas butan tudder, biþ on telgum wlitig,
heah on helme hrysted fægere,
geloden leafum, lyfte getenge.
55
eh byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn,
hors hofum wlanc, ðær him hæleþ ymbe,
welege on wicgum, wrixlaþ spræce,
and biþ unstyllum æfre frofur.
man byþ on myrgþe his magan leof;
60
sceal þeah anra gehwylc oðrum swican,
for ðam dryhten wyle dome sine
þæt earme flæsc eorþan betæcan.
lagu byþ leodum langsum geþuht,
gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum,
65
and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ,
and se brimhengest bridles ne gymeð.
ing wæs ærest mid Eastdenum
gesewen secgun, oþ he siððan eft
ofer wæg gewat, wæn æfter ran;
70
ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdun.
eðel byþ oferleof æghwylcum men,
gif he mot ðær rihtes and gerysena on
brucan on bolde bleadum oftast.
dæg byþ drihtnes sond, deore mannum,
75
mære metodes leoht, myrgþ and tohiht
eadgum and earmum, eallum brice.
ac byþ on eorþan elda bearnum
flæsces fodor, fereþ gelome
ofer ganotes bæþ; garsecg fandaþ
80
hwæþer ac hæbbe æþele treowe.
æsc biþ oferheah, eldum dyre,
stiþ on staþule, stede rihte hylt,
ðeah him feohtan on firas monige.
yr byþ æþelinga and eorla gehwæs
85
wyn and wyrþmynd, byþ on wicge fæger,
fæstlic on færelde, fyrdgeatewa sum.
ior byþ eafix, and ðeah a bruceþ
fodres on foldan, hafaþ fægerne eard,
wætre beworpen, ðær he wynnum leofaþ.
90
ear byþ egle eorla gehwylcun,
ðonn fæstlice flæsc onginneþ,
hraw colian, hrusan ceosan
blac to gebeddan; bleda gedreosaþ,
wynna gewitaþ, wera geswicaþ.