Riddle 25

Ed. Murray McGillivray. Online Corpus of Old English Poetry (OCOEP). Completed edition. This file last updated 20/5/08.

Ic eom wunderlicu wiht,    wifum on hyhte,
neahbuendum nyt;    nængum sceþþe
burgsittendra,    nymþe bonan anum.
Staþol min is steapheah,    stonde ic on bedde,

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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

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mines gemotes,    seo † þe mec nearwað,
wif wundenlocc.    Wæt bið þæt eage.