iddle 15

Ic eom mundbora      minre heorde,

 

I guard a full flock of old treasures

 

eodorwirum fæst,      innan gefylled

 

In a belly bound by wires. Sometimes

 

dryhtgestreona.      Dægtidum oft

 

I spit forth death-spears by day

 

spæte sperebrogan;     sped biþ þy mare

 

And slay more surely, the fatter my belly.

 

fylle minre.      Freo þæt bihealdeð,

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Sometimes I swallow battle-weapons,

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hu me of hrife fleogað     hyldepilas.

 

Dark-gleaming spears, arrows that ache,

 

Hwilum ic sweartum     swelgan onginne

 

And snakelike points. My belly is great

 

brunum beadowæpnum,     bitrum ordum,

 

In its death-bright hoard, dear to proud warriors

 

eglum attorsperum.     Is min innað til,

 

Who may remember what I thrust through my mouth.

 

wombhord wlitig,     wloncum deore;

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men gemunan     þæt me þurh muþ fareð.

     

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