Arts & Sciences
Riddle 87 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Arts & Sciences
Ic seah wundorlice wiht; wombe hæfde micle,
þryþum geþrungne. þegn folgade
megenstrong ond mundrof; micel me þuhte
godlic gumrinc, grap on sona
heofones toþe
bleowe on eage; hio borcade,
wancode willum. Hio wolde seþeah
niol...
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 87 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/169/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 87 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/169/.
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