Arts & Sciences
Riddle 18
Translated by Benjamin Thorpe (1842) · From Exeter Book Riddles (selection)
Arts & Sciences
I am a wonderous being,
words I cannot speak,
utter before men,
though I have a mouth,
a wide belly.
I was in a vessel,
and of my progeny more.
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Codex Note
Thorpe's Riddle XIX (first series, pp. 380–441, in his Codex Exoniensis, 1842); ASPR Riddle 18.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 18.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/265/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 18.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/265/.
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