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Riddle 11 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Hrægl is min hasofag, hyrste beorhte,
reade ond scire on reafe minum.
Ic dysge dwelle ond dole hwette
unrædsiþas, oþrum styre
nyttre fore. Ic þæs nowiht wat
þæt heo swa gemædde, mode bestolene,
dæde gedwolene, deoraþ mine
won wisan gehwam. Wa him þæs þeawes,
siþþan heah bringað horda deorast,
gif hi unrædes ær ne geswicaþ.
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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 11 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/82/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 11 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/82/.
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