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Riddle 67 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic on þinge gefrægn þeodcyninges
wrætlice wiht, wordgaldra
...... snytt... hio symle deð
fira gehw...
wisdome. Wundor me þæt
nænne muð hafað
fet ne
welan oft sacað,
cwiþeð cy... wearð
leoda lareow. Forþon nu longe mæg
...... ealdre ece lifgan
missenlice, þenden menn bugað
eorþan sceatas. Ic þæt oft geseah
golde gegierwed, þær guman druncon,
since ond seolfre. Secge se þe cunne,
wisfæstra hwylc, hwæt seo wiht sy.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 67 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/149/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 67 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/149/.
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