Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book/Annotated/62
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62 (k-d 85)
| Not silent is my hall, nor I myself am loud . . . for us two the Lord ordained our ways together. I am swifter than he and at times stronger; he is more enduring. Often I rest; he must run on. With him is my home all my life long. If we two are parted my death is destined. |
Nis min sele swige ne ic sylfa hlud ymb . . . unc driht scop siþ ætsomne Ic eom swistre þōn he þragum strengra he þreohtigra · hwilum Ic me reste he sceal yrnan forð Ic him In wunige a þenden Ic lifge gif wit unc gedælað me bið deað witod |
Fish and River. This is based on Symphosius 12.