Codex Exoniensis. a Collection of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, From a Manuscript in the Library of the Dean And Chapter of Exeter
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]-pa bi]7 3umeua 5eh^h.m- pej^e ojicopc hi]'- unpaephce- amid misty gloom. So the great whale that sinks seafarers, men and ships. He has another property, the water-rager proud, yet more cunning : when him in the sea hunger afflicts, and the wretch lusts after food, then the ocean -ward his mouth opens, his wide lips, a pleasant odour comes from his inside, so that thereby other kinds of sea-fishes are deceiv'd ; eager they swim to where the sweet odour cometh out : they there enter in heedles...s shoal, till that the wide jaw is filled : then suddenly around the prey together crash the grim gums. So is to every man who oftenest negligently, 5. Lit. wave-horses. 21. Lit. alaci'cs in mare. 364 THE WHALE. on Jiaj" laenan cib- lij: bej'ceapa'S. lasted hme bejpican- ]7uph ppefcne pcenc- leajTie piUan. Jjaefc he bi]? leahtpu pah- PI'S pulboji-cyninj. him pe apypijba onjean. sepfcep hin-pi]7e. helle oncyne^- J^am J>e leaphce- hcep pynne. opep pephc-jejieaht- ppemebon on unjiseb- Jjon pe p£ecna.
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