iddle 28b

the defective text found out of order in the manuscript

The interesting features of this defective copy are the lines that do not appear in the authorized text of riddle 28.

 

Ic eom ligbsig, lace mid winde,

 

Ic eom legbysig,     lace mid winde,

 

w... ...dre gesomnad,

 

bewunden mid wuldre,     wedre gesomnad,

 

fus forðweges, fyre gemylted,

 

fus forðweges,     byrnende gled.

 

bear... blowende, byrnende gled.

 

Ful oft mec gesiþas     sendað æfter hondum,

 

Ful oft mec gesiþas sendað æfter hondum,

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þæt mec weras ond wif      wlonce cyssað.

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þær mec weras ond wif wlonce gecyssað.

 

þonne ic mec onhæbbe,     ond hi onhnigaþ to me

 

þonne ic mec onhæbbe, hi onhnigað to me,

 

monige mid miltse,     þær ic monnum sceal

 

modge miltsum, swa ic mongum sceal

 

ycan upcyme     eadignesse.

 

ycan upcyme eadignesse.