Arts & Sciences

Riddle 92 (Old English)

by Anonymous (Old English) c. 7th–11th century

From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)

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Ic wæs brunra beot, beam on holte,
freolic feorhbora ond foldan wæstm,
weres wynnstaþol ond wifes sond,
gold on geardum. Nu eom guðwigan
hyhtlic hildewæpen, hringe beg...
...e... byreð,
oþrum.

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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 92 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/173/.

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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 92 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/173/.

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