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The Exeter Book
THE EXETER BOOK
CHRIST
GUTHLAC
AZARIAS
THE PHOENIX
JULIANA
THE WANDERER
THE GIFTS OF MEN
PRECEPTS
THE SEAFARER
VAINGLORY
WIDSITH
THE FORTUNES OF MEN
MAXIMS I
I.
I
II.
II
III.
III
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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Moððe word fræt. Me þæt þuhte
wrætlicu wyrd, þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn,
þæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes,
þeof in þystro, þrymfæstne cwide
ond þæs strangan staþol. Stælgiest ne wæs
wihte þy gleawra, þe he þam wordum swealg.
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