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Riddle 37 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic þa wihte geseah; womb wæs on hindan
þriþum aþrunten. þegn folgade,
mægenrofa man, ond micel hæfde
gefered þæt hit felde, fleah þurh his eage.
Ne swylteð he symle, þonne syllan sceal
innað þam oþrum, ac him eft cymeð
bot in bosme, blæd biþ aræred;
he sunu wyrceð, bið him sylfa fæder.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 37 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/108/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 37 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/108/.
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