Arts & Sciences
Riddle 77 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Arts & Sciences
Sæ mec fedde, sundhelm þeahte,
ond mec yþa wrugon eorþan getenge
feþelease. Oft ic flode ongean
muð ontynde. Nu wile monna sum
min flæsc fretan, felles ne recceð,
siþþan he me of sidan seaxes orde
hyd arypeð, ...ec hr... ...þe siþþan
iteð unsodene ea... ...d.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 77 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/159/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 77 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/159/.
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