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Riddle 63 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Oft ic secga seledreame sceal
fægre onþeon, þonne ic eom forð boren
glæd mid golde, þær guman drincað.
Hwilum mec on cofan cysseð muþe
tillic esne, þær wit tu beoþ,
fæðme on folm... ...grum þyð,
wyrceð his willa... ...ð l...
fulre, þonne ic forð cyme
......
Ne mæg ic þy miþan,
...an on leohte
......
swylce eac bið sona
...r... ...te getacnad, hwæt me to
...leas rinc, þa unc geryde wæs.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 63 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/145/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 63 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/145/.
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