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Riddle 46
Translated by Benjamin Thorpe (1842) · From Exeter Book Riddles (selection)
A man sat at wine
with his two wives,
and his sons twain,
and his two daughters,
own brothers and sisters,
and their sons twain,
gentle first-borns.
The father was therein
of those youths
both,
with uncle and nephew.
In all were five
men and women
sitting within.
Codex Note
Thorpe's Riddle XLVII (first series, pp. 380–441, in his Codex Exoniensis, 1842); ASPR Riddle 46.
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MLA
Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 46.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/273/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 46.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/273/.
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