iddle 50

Ic seah ræpingas     in ræced fergan

 

I saw two hard captives carried,

 

under hrof sales     hearde twegen,

 

Prisoners bound together as one

 

þa wæron genamnan,     nearwum bendum

 

Punishing creature, under the roof

 

gefeterade     fæste togædre.

 

Of a hall. Close to one captive worked

 

Þara oþrum wæs      an getenge

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A Welshwoman-the strong dark slave

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wonfah Wale,     seo weold hyra

 

Wielded power over both in their bonds.

 

bega siþe      bendum fæstra.

     

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