Rune of Hospitality

I saw a stranger today.

I put food for him

in the eating-place

And drink

in the drinking-place

And music

in the listening-place.

In the Holy name

of the Trinity

He blessed myself

and my family.

And the lark said in her warble

Often, often, often

Goes Christ

in the stranger’s guise.

O, oft and oft and oft,

Goes Christ

in the stranger’s guise.

--Traditional