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14 The Anglo-Saxon Runic Poem<br />
13 Rad by]? on recyde rinca gehwylcum<br />
sefte ond swi]?hwset, SamSe sittef? on ufan<br />
meare msegenheardum<br />
<strong>of</strong>er milpa]?as.<br />
16 Cen by)? cwicera gehwam, cu]? on fyre<br />
blac ond beorhtlic, byrne]? <strong>of</strong>tust<br />
tteer hi se]?elingas inne resta]?.<br />
19 Gyfu gumena by]? gleng and herenys,<br />
wra]?u and wyr]?scype and wraecna gehwain<br />
ar and setwist, Se by]? o]?ra leas.<br />
22 Wenne bruce}?, Se can weana lyt<br />
sares and sorge and him sylfa haefj?<br />
bleed and blysse and eac byrga geniht.<br />
25 Hsegl by]? hwitust corna; hwyrft hit <strong>of</strong> he<strong>of</strong>ones lyfte,<br />
hit to waetere<br />
wealca}? hit windes scura ; weor]?e}?<br />
sySSan.<br />
27 Nyd by}? nearu on breostan; weorj?ej? hi J?eah <strong>of</strong>t<br />
ni]?a bearnum<br />
to helpe and to haele gehwae]?re, gif hi his<br />
hlysta}? seror.<br />
29 Is by]? <strong>of</strong>erceald, ungemetum slidor,<br />
glisna]? glaeshluttur gimmum gelicust,<br />
flor forste geworuAt, fseger ansyne.<br />
22. Hickes, wen ne. 31. geworulit.<br />
13. Rad (Salz. AS. rada, Goth, redd), as in other alphabets. It is<br />
most satisfactory on the whole to take rad as " riding," cf. r&iff, reiff <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Norwegian and Icelandic poems.<br />
"Biding seems an easy thing to every warrior while he is indoors, and<br />
a very courageous thing to him who traverses the high-roads on the back <strong>of</strong><br />
a stout horse," though it is doubtful whether lnjf> can mean "seems," and<br />
neither hweet nor any <strong>of</strong> its compounds are used <strong>of</strong> things.<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Chadwick has, however, suggested to me that the proper name<br />
<strong>of</strong> this letter is rada <strong>of</strong> the Salzburg Codex, corresponding to the ON. reiffi,<br />
"tackle (<strong>of</strong> a ship)," "harness," hence "equipment" generally. Here it<br />
would be used in a double sense, in the first half as "furniture" (cf. ON.<br />
reiffustol. "easy-chair," AS. rsedesceamu), in the second as "harness."<br />
16. Cen (Salzburg AS. cen, Goth, chozma?) found only as the name <strong>of</strong><br />
the Eunic letter C. Cf. OHG. kien, /cen; pinus, fax, taeda, "resinous pinewood,"<br />
hence "torch." Like the ON. K (kaun), it is descended from the<br />
K (
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