Uuurmsegen: Old Saxon Poem (9th and 10th century)
Gang ût, nesso, mit nigun nessiklînon, ût fana themo margę an that bên, fan themo bêne an that flêsg, ût fana themo flêsgke an thia hûd, ût fan thera hûd an thesa strâla. Drohtin, uuerthe so!.
Go out, worm, with nine wormlings, out of the marrow into the bone, from that bone into the flesh, out from the flesh into the hide (horse skin), out from hide (horse skin) into this arrow. Drohtin, let it be so!”