Metrical Charm 10: For Loss of Cattle — Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records))

ðis man sceal cweðan ðonne his ceapa hwilcne man for- stolenne. Cwyð ær he ænyg oþer word cweðe: Bethlem hattæ seo burh ðe Crist on geboren wes, seo is gemærsod ofer ealne middangeard; swa ðeos dæd wyrþe for monnum mære, per crucem Christi ! And gebide þe ðonne þriwa east and cweð þriwa: Crux Christi ab oriente reducat . And III west and cweð: Crux Christi ab occidente reducat . And III suð and cweð: Crux Christi a meridie reducant . And III norð and cweð: Crux Christi abscondita sunt et inuenta est . Iudeas Crist ahengon, gedidon him dæda þa wyrstan; hælon þæt hi forhelan ne mihton. Swa næfre ðeos dæd forholen ne wyrðe per crucem Christi .