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Riddle 25 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wifum on hyhte,
neahbuendum nyt; nængum sceþþe
burgsittendra, nymþe bonan anum.
Staþol min is steapheah, stonde ic on bedde,
neoþan ruh nathwær. Neþeð hwilum
ful cyrtenu ceorles dohtor,
modwlonc meowle, þæt heo on mec gripeð,
ræseð mec on reodne, reafað min heafod,
fegeð mec on fæsten. Feleþ sona
mines gemotes, seo þe mec nearwað,
wif wundenlocc. Wæt bið þæt eage.
Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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MLA
Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 25 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/96/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 25 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/96/.
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