Arts & Sciences
Riddle 44 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Arts & Sciences
Wrætlic hongað bi weres þeo,
frean under sceate. Foran is þyrel.
Bið stiþ ond heard, stede hafað godne;
þonne se esne his agen hrægl
ofer cneo hefeð, wile þæt cuþe hol
mid his hangellan heafde gretan
þæt he efenlang ær oft gefylde.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 44 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/115/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 44 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/115/.
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