< Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book < Annotated

(k-d 90)


It seemed strange to me,     a wolf held by a lamb;
the lamb fell     and disemboweled the wolf.
As I stood and watched     I beheld great glory:
There stood two wolves     troubling a third
four feet had they;     with seven eyes they saw.
Mirum videtur mihi     lupus ab agno tenetur ·
obcu[]it agnus ·     et capit viscera lupi
dum starem et misarē     vidi gloriam magnan ·
dui lupi stantes     et tertium tribul
iiii pedes habebant     cum septem oculis videbant
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