[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
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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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