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Riddle 30b (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic eom ligbysig, lace mid winde,
w... ...dre gesomnad,
fus forðweges, fyre gemylted,
bear... blowende, byrnende gled.
Ful oft mec gesiþas sendað æfter hondum,
þær mec weras ond wif wlonce gecyssað.
þonne ic mec onhæbbe, hi onhnigað to me,
modge miltsum, swa ic mongum sceal
ycan upcyme eadignesse.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 30b (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/139/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 30b (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/139/.
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