Religion
Pharaoh (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Religion
"Saga me hwæt þær weorudes wære ealles
on Farones fyrde, þa hy folc godes
þurh feondscipe fylgan ongunn...."
"Nat ic hit be wihte, butan ic wene þus,
þæt þær screoda wære gescyred rime
siex hun... ...a searohæbbendra;
þæt eal fornam yþ...
wraþe wyrde in woruldrice."
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Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Pharaoh (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/136/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Pharaoh (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/136/.
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