Forgotten Ground Regained
Sweord
Originally published In Withowinde 198, p.25, Winter, 1997
Wrapped in the ræd ‧ of a runwitan spell,
heahfyr hardened ‧ with hammer and skill.
Forged under elfenfeld ‧ fires of moonlight;
born on the breath ‧ of Blotmonathes nght.
Made from the middangeardes ‧ mightiest ores,
worn on the waist ‧ of a wælgrim warrior.
Never bested ‧ by man or nithdracra,
ever yearning ‧ for vanished ealddagas.
Bord and byrnie ‧ burst at the clash
of seax and sword ‧ in sagas long past.
Where now is Hrunting? War-hardened blade,
And neither is Nægling ‧ known in these days.
Only one sword ‧ from Angle remains;
Long has it lasted ‧ replacing lost days.
The song of the seeker ‧ and saintly breed;
the two-edged sword ‧ of the saintly Bede.
Copyright © Larry A. Hood, 1997
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