Old English Translation The Battle of Burnanburh

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 * Her æþelstan cyning,        eorla dryhten,    ---                  In this year of king &aelig;&thorn;elstan,     noble lord,
 * beorna beahgifa,        and his broþor eac,  ---                ''born ring-giver,           and his brother also,
 * Eadmund æþeling,        ealdorlangne tir      ---               young Edmund,                 age-long glory
 * geslogon æt sæcce        sweorda ecgum      ---                   killing in battle,               with the edge of his sword
 * ymbe Brunanburh.        Bordweal clufan,       ---      Around Brown's fort.           the shield-wall they split
 * heowan heaþolinde        hamora lafan,       ---     they hewed the wood shield,      with leavings of hammers
 * afaran Eadweardes,        swa him geæþele wæs  ---  departing Edward,    like he was natural for (inborn to)     ** This section needs work
 * from cneomægum,        þæt hi æt campe oft --- bold kinsmen,      that he often on the battlefied
 * wiþ laþra gehwæne        land ealgodon, ---  ''with
 * hord and hamas.        Hettend crungun,
 * Sceotta leoda        and scipflotan
 * fæge feollan,        feld dænnede
 * secga swate,        siðþan sunne up
 * on morgentid,        mære tungol,
 * glad ofer grundas,        godes condel beorht,
 * eces drihtnes,        oð sio æþele gesceaft
 * sah to setle.        þær læg secg mænig
 * garum ageted,        guma norþerna
 * ofer scild scoten,        swilce Scittisc eac,
 * werig, wiges sæd.        Wesseaxe forð
 * ondlongne dæg        eorodcistum
 * on last legdun        laþum þeodum,
 * heowan herefleman        hindan þearle
 * mecum mylenscearpan.        Myrce ne wyrndon

The Complete Text
Taken from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 937, posted online by Georgetown (please contact me if there is a concern about its copyright (but this is a poem from a millenia ago)

Her æþelstan cyning,        eorla dryhten, beorna beahgifa,        and his broþor eac, Eadmund æþeling,        ealdorlangne tir geslogon æt sæcce        sweorda ecgum 5   ymbe Brunanburh. Bordweal clufan, heowan heaþolinde        hamora lafan, afaran Eadweardes,        swa him geæþele wæs from cneomægum,        þæt hi æt campe oft wiþ laþra gehwæne        land ealgodon, 10   hord and hamas. Hettend crungun, Sceotta leoda        and scipflotan fæge feollan,        feld dænnede secga swate,        siðþan sunne up    on morgentid,         mære tungol, 15   glad ofer grundas,         godes condel beorht, eces drihtnes,        oð sio æþele gesceaft sah to setle. þær læg secg mænig garum ageted,        guma norþerna ofer scild scoten,        swilce Scittisc eac, 20   werig, wiges sæd. Wesseaxe forð ondlongne dæg        eorodcistum on last legdun        laþum þeodum, heowan herefleman        hindan þearle mecum mylenscearpan. Myrce ne wyrndon 25   heardes hondplegan         hæleþa nanum þæra þe mid Anlafe        ofer æra gebland on lides bosme        land gesohtun, fæge to gefeohte. Fife lægun on þam campstede        cyningas giunge, 30   sweordum aswefede,         swilce seofene eac eorlas Anlafes,        unrim heriges, flotan and Sceotta. þær geflemed wearð Norðmanna bregu,        nede gebeded, to lides stefne        litle weorode; 35   cread cnear on flot,         cyning ut gewat on fealene flod,        feorh generede. Swilce þær eac se froda        mid fleame com on his cyþþe norð,        Costontinus, har hilderinc,        hreman ne þorfte 40   mæca gemanan;         he wæs his mæga sceard, freonda gefylled        on folcstede, beslagen æt sæcce,        and his sunu forlet on wælstowe        wundun forgrunden, giungne æt guðe. Gelpan ne þorfte 45   beorn blandenfeax         bilgeslehtes, eald inwidda,        ne Anlaf þy ma; mid heora herelafum        hlehhan ne þorftun þæt heo beaduweorca        beteran wurdun on campstede        cumbolgehnastes, 50   garmittinge,         gumena gemotes, wæpengewrixles,        þæs hi on wælfelda wiþ Eadweardes        afaran plegodan. Gewitan him þa Norþmen        nægledcnearrum, dreorig daraða laf,        on Dinges mere 55   ofer deop wæter         Difelin secan, eft Iraland,        æwiscmode. Swilce þa gebroþer        begen ætsamne, cyning and æþeling,        cyþþe sohton, Wesseaxena land,        wiges hremige. 60   Letan him behindan         hræw bryttian saluwigpadan,        þone sweartan hræfn, hyrnednebban,        and þane hasewanpadan, earn æftan hwit,        æses brucan, grædigne guðhafoc        and þæt græge deor, 65   wulf on wealde. Ne wearð wæl mare on þis eiglande        æfre gieta folces gefylled        beforan þissum sweordes ecgum,        þæs þe us secgað bec, ealde uðwitan,        siþþan eastan hider 70   Engle and Seaxe         up becoman, ofer brad brimu        Brytene sohtan, wlance wigsmiþas,        Wealas ofercoman, eorlas arhwate        eard begeatan.

Resources
Bright's Old English Glossary from Anglo Saxon Reader