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The Exeter Book
THE EXETER BOOK
CHRIST
I.
I
II.
II
III.
III
GUTHLAC
AZARIAS
THE PHOENIX
JULIANA
THE WANDERER
THE GIFTS OF MEN
PRECEPTS
THE SEAFARER
VAINGLORY
WIDSITH
THE FORTUNES OF MEN
MAXIMS I
THE ORDER OF THE WORLD
THE RIMING POEM
THE PANTHER
THE WHALE
THE PARTRIDGE
SOUL AND BODY II
DEOR
WULF AND EADWACER
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
RIDDLES 61-95
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Ic þa wiht geseah wæpnedcynnes,
geoguðmyrþe grædig; him on gafol forlet
ferðfriþende feower wellan
scire sceotan, on gesceap þeotan.
Mon maþelade, se þe me gesægde:
“Seo wiht, gif hio gedygeð, duna briceð;
gif he tobirsteð, bindeð cwice.”
The Exeter Book