Arts & Sciences
Riddle 70 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Arts & Sciences
Wiht is wrætlic þam þe hyre wisan ne conn.
Singeð þurh sidan. Is se sweora woh,
orþoncum geworht; hafaþ eaxle tua
scearp on gescyldrum. His gesceapo dreogeð
þe swa wrætlice be wege stonde
heah ond hleortorht hæleþum to nytte.
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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). “Riddle 70 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/152/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 70 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/152/.
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