Riddle 47

Ed. Murray McGillivray. Online Corpus of Old English Poetry (OCOEP). Completed edition. This file last updated 30/5/07.

Moððe word fræt.    Me þæt þuhte
wrætlicu wyrd,    þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn,
þæt se wyrm forswealg    wera gied sumes,
þeof in þystro,    þrymfæstne cwide

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ond þæs strangan staþol.    Stælgiest ne wæs
wihte þy gleawra,    þe he þam wordum swealg.