Arts & Sciences

Riddle 6 (Old English)

by Anonymous (Old English) c. 7th–11th century

From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)

Arts & Sciences

Mec gesette soð sigora waldend
Crist to compe. Oft ic cwice bærne,
unrimu cyn eorþan getenge,
næte mid niþe, swa ic him no hrine,
þonne mec min frea feohtan hateþ.
Hwilum ic monigra mod arete,
hwilum ic frefre þa ic ær winne on
feorran swiþe; hi þæs felað þeah,
swylce þæs oþres, þonne ic eft hyra
ofer deop gedreag drohtað bete.

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Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.

MLA

Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 6 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/77/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 6 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/77/.

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