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Riddle 30 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic eom legbysig, lace mid winde,
bewunden mid wuldre, wedre gesomnad,
fus forðweges, fyre gebysgad,
bearu blowende, byrnende gled.
Ful oft mec gesiþas sendað æfter hondum,
þæt mec weras ond wif wlonce cyssað.
þonne ic mec onhæbbe, ond hi onhnigaþ to me
monige mid miltse, þær ic monnum sceal
ycan upcyme eadignesse.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 30 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/101/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 30 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/101/.
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