Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book/Annotated/Latin

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Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book (1963)
translated by Paull Franklin Baum
1190478Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book1963Paull Franklin Baum

(k-d 90)


It seemed strange to me,     a wolf held by a lamb;
the lamb fell …     and disemboweled the wolf.
As I stood and watched     I beheld great glory:
There stood two wolves     troubling a third—
four feet had they;     with seven eyes they saw.
Mirum videtur mihi     lupus ab agno tenetur ·
obcu[…]it agnus ·     et capit viscera lupi
dum starem et misarē     vidi gloriam magnan ·
dui lupi stantes     et tertium tribul
iiii pedes habebant     cum septem oculis videbant