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THE EXETER BOOK
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CHRIST
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GUTHLAC
  
AZARIAS
  
THE PHOENIX
  
JULIANA
  
THE WANDERER
  
THE GIFTS OF MEN
  
PRECEPTS
  
THE SEAFARER
  
VAINGLORY
  
WIDSITH
  
THE FORTUNES OF MEN
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MAXIMS I
  
THE ORDER OF THE WORLD
  
THE RIMING POEM
  
THE PANTHER
  
THE WHALE
  
THE PARTRIDGE
  
SOUL AND BODY II
  
DEOR
  
WULF AND EADWACER
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RIDDLES 1-59
  
THE WIFE'S LAMENT
  
THE JUDGMENT DAY I
  
RESIGNATION
  
THE DESCENT INTO HELL
  
ALMS-GIVING
  
PHARAOH
  
THE LORD'S PRAYER I
  
HOMILETIC FRAGMENT II
  
RIDDLE 30b
  
RIDDLE 60
  
THE HUSBAND'S MESSAGE
  
THE RUIN
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81

Ic eom byledbreost, belcedsweora,
heafod hæbbe ond heane steort,
eagan ond earan ond ænne foot,
hrycg ond heardnebb, hneccan steapne
ond sidan twa, sag on middum,
eard ofer ældum. Aglac dreoge,
þær mec wegeð se þe wudu hrereð,
ond mec stondende streamas beatað,
hægl se hearda, ond hrim þeceð,
[[OMITTED]]orst [[OMITTED]]eoseð, ond fealleð snaw
on þyrelwombne, ond ic þæt [[OMITTED]]ol[[OMITTED]
[OMITTED]] mæ[[OMITTED]] wonsceaft mine.
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