Riddle 5

14 Dec 21
fol. 102v
  • 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|
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