[ANSTHRLD] Oath of Fealty/Homage

HerrDetlef herrdetlef at gmail.com
Fri Feb 25 07:56:05 PST 2011


There's a standard text for administering an oath of fealty (homage, really,
but that's not the point here) to the Crown. I think it's inspired in part
by an oath that's taken in Lord of the Rings.

What is that text?

Detlef von Marburg

-- 
Hwæt! We Gardena         in geardagum,
þeodcyninga,         þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas         ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scefing         sceaþena þreatum,
monegum mægþum,         meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas.         Syððan ærest wearð
feasceaft funden,         he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum,         weorðmyndum þah,
oðþæt him æghwylc         þara ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade         hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan.         þæt wæs god cyning!



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