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Riddle 24 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wræsne mine stefne,
hwilum beorce swa hund, hwilum blæte swa gat,
hwilum græde swa gos, hwilum gielle swa hafoc,
hwilum ic onhyrge þone haswan earn,
guðfugles hleoþor, hwilum glidan reorde
muþe gemæne, hwilum mæwes song,
þær ic glado sitte. ᚷ mec nemnað,
swylce ᚫ ond ᚱ ᚩ fullesteð,
ᚻ ond ᛁ. Nu ic haten eom
swa þa siex stafas sweotule becnaþ.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 24 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/95/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 24 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/95/.
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