Exeter Riddle 87
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Date: Wed 16 Oct 2019Matching Commentaries: Commentary for Exeter Riddle 87
Ic seah wundorlice wiht; wombe hæfde micle,
þryþum geþrunge. Þegn folgade,
mægenstrong ond mundrof; micel me þuhte
godlic gumrinc; grap on sona,
heofones toþe * * *
bleowe on eage; hio borcade,
wancode willum. Hio wolde seþeah
niol……
I saw a wondrous creature; it had a great belly,
extremely swollen. A servant followed,
strong in might and tough in hand; he seemed large to me,
a good warrior; he grasped at once,
heaven’s tooth * * *
blew in its eye. It barked,
wavered in will. Nonetheless it wanted
…
Notes:
This riddle appears on folio 129r of The Exeter Book.
The above Old English text is based on this edition: Elliott van Kirk Dobbie and George Philip Krapp, eds, The Exeter Book, Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records 3 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1936), page 239.
Note that this edition numbers the text Riddle 83: Craig Williamson, ed., The Old English Riddles of the Exeter Book (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1977), pages 115-16.
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