< Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book < Annotated
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| A youth came along to where he knew she stood in a corner. Forth he strode, a vigorous young man, lifted up her own dress with his hands, thrust under her girdle something stiff as she stood there; worked his will; both of them shook. A thane hurried up, useful at times, a capable servant; nonetheless he grew tired from time to time, though strong at first, weary with work. Beneath the girdle there began to grow what often good men love heartily and buy with money. |
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Hyse cwom gangan · þær he hie wisse stondan · In winc sele stop feorran to hror hægstealdmon hof his agen hrægl hondum up · rand under gyrdels hyre stondendre stiþes nathwæt worhte his willan wagedan buta þegn onnette wæs þragum nyt · tillic esne teorode hwæþre æt stunda · gehwam strong ær þon hie ō · werig þæs weorces hyre weaxan ongon under gyrdelse þæt oft gode men ferðþum freogað ⁊ mid feo bicgað |
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