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Riddle 10 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Neb wæs min on nearwe, ond ic neoþan wætre,
flode underflowen, firgenstreamum
swiþe besuncen, ond on sunde awox
ufan yþum þeaht, anum getenge
liþendum wuda lice mine.
Hæfde feorh cwico, þa ic of fæðmum cwom
brimes ond beames on blacum hrægle;
sume wæron hwite hyrste mine,
þa mec lifgende lyft upp ahof,
wind of wæge, siþþan wide bær
ofer seolhbaþo. Saga hwæt ic hatte.
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Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 10 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/81/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 10 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/81/.
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