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Riddle 73 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic on wonge aweox, wunode þær mec feddon
hruse ond heofonwolcn, oþþæt me onhwyrfdon
gearum frodne, þa me grome wurdon,
of þære gecynde þe ic ær cwic beheold,
onwendan mine wisan, wegedon mec of earde,
gedydon þæt ic sceolde wiþ gesceape minum
on bonan willan bugan hwilum.
Nu eom mines frean folme bysigo...
...dlan dæl, gif his ellen deag,
oþþe æfter dome ...ri...
...an mæ... ...þa fremman,
wyrcan w...
...ec on þeode utan we...
...ipe
ond to wrohtstæp...
...eorp, eaxle gegyrde,
wo...
ond swiora smæl, sidan fealwe
þonne mec heaþosigel
scir bescineð ond mec ......
fægre feormað ond on fyrd wigeð
cræfte on hæfte. Cuð is wide
þæt ic þristra sum þeofes cræfte
under hrægnlocan
hwilum eawunga eþelfæsten
forðweard brece, þæt ær frið hæfde.
Feringe from, he fus þonan
wendeð of þam wicum. Wiga se þe mine
wisan cunne, saga hwæt ic hatte.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 73 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/155/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 73 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/155/.
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