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Riddle 71
Translated by Benjamin Thorpe (1842) · From Exeter Book Riddles (selection)
I am the property of the great,
with red cloth'd,
stiff and lofty ;
my field-station was formerly
than plants' aspect brighter ;
now I am the leaving of foes,
of fire and slaughter,
fast confin'd,
by wire bound ;
sometimes weeps
for my gripe,
he who bears gold,
when I
Codex Note
Thorpe's Riddle X (third series, pp. 479–500, in his Codex Exoniensis, 1842); ASPR Riddle 71.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 71.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/287/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 71.” Translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/287/.
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