The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Riddle 49
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Ic wat eardfæstne anne standan,
deafne, dumban, se oft dæges swilgeð
þurh gopes hond gifrum lacum.
Hwilum on þam wicum se wonna
þegn,
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sweart ond saloneb, sendeð oþre
under goman him golde dyrran,
þa æþelingas oft wilniað,
cyningas ond cwene. Ic þæt cyn nu gen
nemnan ne wille, þe him to nytte swa
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ond to dugþum doþ þæt se dumba
her,
eorp unwita, ær forswilgeð.
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