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Riddle 83 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Frod wæs min fromcynn
biden in burgum, siþþan bæles weard
...... wera life bewunden,
fyre gefælsad. Nu me fah warað
eorþan broþor, se me ærest wearð
gumena to gyrne. Ic ful gearwe gemon
hwa min fromcynn fruman agette
eall of earde; ic him yfle ne mot,
ac ic hæftnyd hwilum arære
wide geond wongas. Hæbbe ic wundra fela,
middangeardes mægen unlytel,
ac ic miþan sceal monna gehwylcum
degolfulne dom dyran cræftes,
siðfæt minne. Saga hwæt ic hatte.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 83 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/165/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 83 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/165/.
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