
Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 46 of 343
Riddle 5
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic eom anhaga iserne wund, bille gebennad, beadoweorca sæd, ecgum werig. Oft ic wig seo, frecne feohtan. Frofre ne wene, þæt me geoc cyme guðgewinnes, ær ic mid ældum eal forwurðe, ac mec hnossiað homera lafe, heardecg heoroscearp, hondweorc smiþa, bitað in burgum; ic abidan sceal laþran gemotes. Næfre læcecynn on folcstede findan meahte, þara þe mid wyrtum wunde gehælde, ac me ecga dolg eacen weorðað þurh deaðslege dagum ond nihtum.