Drēag

(Edlǣded of Draugr)
Þis ȝeƿrit is ymbe þone Hǣðnan drēag. For ōðrum brȳcum sēo Drēage (Fūdū).

Drēag is undēad līċ in Þēodisc Hǣðenscipe. Þæt ǣrest Norðisc andȝiet þæs ƿordes ƿæs "gāst." On ielder bōccræfte, man findeþ scēad betƿēonan sǣdrēagum and landdrēagum. Drēagas ƿǣron belīefed on byrȝen þǣre dēades Ƿīcinges ƿunian, þæt līċ þæs dēad bēonde.

Þancas ƿǣre missenliċ ymbe hƿæðer se gāst þæs dēade mannes ofstōd mid þǣm drēage. Þā byrȝenu þāra lēohte ƿera oft miclu ēad ȝehæfde, þā drēagas andiȝlīċ his ēad forstōd, furðum æfter dēaðe.

Þā sind ōðra cynna drēaga in ōðrum ǣrum. For him, hīe cūþ on Niƿum Englisce "zombies."

Hādas

adiht

Ealle drēagas habbaþ ofermennisc strengþe, sēo mæþ tō hiera miċelnes ƿeaxan, and þǣm stenċ þǣre āfealnes. Hīe cunnon ēac fram þǣre byrȝena æs smēoc rīsan.

 

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