They left behind them, corpses for the dark black coated raven, horny beaked to enjoy, and for the eagle, white backed and dun coated, the greedy war hawk and that grey wild beast, the forest wolf.
From "A Choice Of Anglo-Saxon Verse" Edited By Richard Hamer
Men - Foundry and Gripping Beast
Birds - Reaper
Base - Warbases
We routed them at the hill, but at the crossroads we were bested, we retreat but cannot out run them, we make our stand here at Ednasforde, it is not the obstacle it should be for the rains are late this year and the Penk runs low. But hold and delay them we must, for there is hope, the messengers say that Arthur is coming.....