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Riddle 8 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic þurh muþ sprece mongum reordum,
wrencum singe, wrixle geneahhe
heafodwoþe, hlude cirme,
healde mine wisan, hleoþre ne miþe,
eald æfensceop, eorlum bringe
blisse in burgum, þonne ic bugendre
stefne styrme; stille on wicum
sittað nigende. Saga hwæt ic hatte,
þe swa scirenige sceawendwisan
hlude onhyrge, hæleþum bodige
wilcumena fela woþe minre.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 8 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/79/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 8 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/79/.
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