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Riddle 50 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Wiga is on eorþan wundrum acenned
dryhtum to nytte, of dumbum twam
torht atyhted, þone on teon wigeð
feond his feonde. Forstrangne oft
wif hine wrið; he him wel hereð,
þeowaþ him geþwære, gif him þegniað
mægeð ond mæcgas mid gemete ryhte,
fedað hine fægre; he him fremum stepeð
life on lissum. Leanað grimme
þam þe hine wloncne weorþan læteð.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 50 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/121/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 50 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/121/.
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