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Riddle 91 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Min heafod is homere geþuren,
searopila wund, sworfen feole.
Oft ic begine þæt me ongean sticað,
þonne ic hnitan sceal, hringum gyrded,
hearde wið heardum, hindan þyrel,
forð ascufan þæt mines frean
mod ᚹ freoþað middelnihtum.
Hwilum ic under bæc bregde nebbe,
hyrde þæs hordes, þonne min hlaford wile
lafe þicgan þara þe he of life het
wælcræfte awrecan willum sinum.
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Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 91 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/172/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 91 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/172/.
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