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Riddle 34 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic wiht geseah in wera burgum,
seo þæt feoh fedeð. Hafað fela toþa;
nebb biþ hyre æt nytte, niþerweard gongeð,
hiþeð holdlice ond to ham tyhð,
wæþeð geond weallas, wyrte seceð;
aa heo þa findeð, þa þe fæst ne biþ;
læteð hio þa wlitigan, wyrtum fæste,
stille stondan on staþolwonge,
beorhte blican, blowan ond growan.
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Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 34 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/105/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 34 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/105/.
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