Arts & Sciences
Riddle 18 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Arts & Sciences
Ic eom wunderlicu wiht; ne mæg word sprecan,
mældan for monnum, þeah ic muþ hæbbe,
wide wombe
Ic wæs on ceole ond mines cnosles ma.
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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 18 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/89/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 18 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/89/.
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