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Riddle 95 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic eom indryhten ond eorlum cuð,
ond reste oft; ricum ond heanum,
folcum gefræge fere wide,
ond me fremdes ær freondum stondeð
hiþendra hyht, gif ic habban sceal
blæd in burgum oþþe beorhtne god.
Nu snottre men swiþast lufiaþ
midwist mine; ic monigum sceal
wisdom cyþan; no þær word sprecað
ænig ofer eorðan. þeah nu ælda bearn
londbuendra lastas mine
swiþe secað, ic swaþe hwilum
mine bemiþe monna gehwylcum.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 95 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/176/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 95 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/176/.
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