Arts & Sciences
Riddle 65 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Arts & Sciences
Cwico wæs ic, ne cwæð ic wiht, cwele ic efne seþeah.
ær ic wæs, eft ic cwom. æghwa mec reafað,
hafað mec on headre, ond min heafod scireþ,
biteð mec on bær lic, briceð mine wisan.
Monnan ic ne bite, nympþe he me bite;
sindan þara monige þe mec bitað.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 65 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/147/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 65 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/147/.
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