iddle 61

Oft ic secga     seledreame sceal

 

Gleaming with joy, glad with gold,

 

fægre onþeon,      þonne ic eom forð boren

 

I am carried to the hall where I serve

 

glæd mid golde,      þær guman drincað.

 

Bold heroes carousing together.

 

Hwilum mec on cofan     cysseð muþe

 

Sometimes in a chamber as I come full

 

tillic esne,     þær wit tu beoþ,

5

Bodied to a palate, a man may kiss me,     

5

fæðme on folm[ . . .].     [ . . . .]grum þyð,

 

Press me boldly with his cupped hand,

 

wyrceð his willa[ . . . ]     [ . . . .]ð l[ . . . .

 

Work his will, drink desire,

 

            . . . . .] fulre,      þonne ic forð cyme

 

Mouth on mine, in a delicate spill

 

[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ].

 

*     *     *

 

Ne mæg ic þy miþan,      [ . . . . . . . .

10

So the light shows what I bear in my belly

 

. . . . . . .]     [ . . . .]an on leohte

 

*     *     *

 

swylce eac bið sona      [ . . . . . . . . . ]

 

So the reckless man raises this treasure,

10

[ . . ]r[ . ].te getacnad,      hwæt me to[ . . .

 

Drinks deep of my own dark pleasure.

 

. . . .]eas rinc,     þa unc geryde wæs.

     

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