iddle 10

Fotum ic fere,      foldan slite,

 

Foot-furrowing, I walk and wound

 

grene wongas,     þenden ic gæst bere.

 

Living I ravage the raw land;

 

Gif me feorh losað,      fæste binde

 

Lifeless I bind lord and servant.

 

swearte Wealas,     hwilum sellan men.

 

Sometimes out of my belly I bring

 

Hwilum ic deorum     drincan selle

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The rush of drink to the fierce-hearted

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beorne of bosme;      hwilum mec bryd triedeð

 

War-man. Sometimes the arch-wild,

 

felawlonc fotum;      hwilum feorran broht

 

Fierce-footed woman treads my back.

 

wonfeax Wale      wegeð ond þyð,

 

Sometimes the dark-haired, drunken slave

 

dol druncmennen      deorcum nihtum,

 

Lifts me up near the night fire

 

wæteð in wætre,     wyrmeð hwilum

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With hot hands-turns, teases,

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fægre to fyre;      me on fæðme sticaþ

 

Presses, thrusts, warm and wet,

 

hygegalan hond,     hwyrfeð geneahhe,

 

Down dark ways. Say what I am

 

swifeð me geond sweartne.   Saga hwæt ic hatte,

 

Who living plunder the down land

 

þe ic lifgende     lond reafige

 

And after death serve man.

 

and æfter deaþe      dryhtum þeowige.

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