iddle 42

Wrætlic hongað      bi weres þeo,

 

A small miracle hangs near a man's thigh,

 

frean under sceate.      Foran is þyrel.

 

Full under folds. It is stiff, strong,

 

Bið stiþ ond heard,     stede hafað godne;

 

Bold, brassy, and pierced in front.

 

þonne se esne     his agen hrægl

 

When a young lord lifts his tunic

 

ofer cneo hefeð,      wile þæt cuþe hol

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Over his knees, he wants to greet

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mid his hangellan     heafde gretan

 

With the hard head of this hanging creature

 

þæt he efenlang ær      oft gefylde.

 

The hole it has long come to fill. 

 

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