Arts & Sciences
Riddle 64
Translated by Benjamin Thorpe (1842) · From Exeter Book Riddles (selection)
Arts & Sciences
I saw W and I
going over the plain,
bearing B, E :
both had on the journey
a possessor's joy,
H and A ;
as also some bodies of men,
Þ and E,
rejoiced F and A,
flew over EA,
S and P,
of the folk itself.
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Codex Note
Thorpe's Riddle IV (third series, pp. 479–500, in his Codex Exoniensis, 1842); ASPR Riddle 64.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 64.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/282/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 64.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/282/.
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