Arts & Sciences
Riddle 69
Translated by Benjamin Thorpe (1842) · From Exeter Book Riddles (selection)
Arts & Sciences
A wonder was on the way,
water was turn'd to poison.
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Codex Note
Thorpe's Riddle VIII (third series, pp. 479–500, in his Codex Exoniensis, 1842); ASPR Riddle 69.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 69.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/285/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 69.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/285/.
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