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Wulf And Eadwacer

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Original language Old English
Manuscript(s) Exeter Book
MS 3501
Verse formAlliterative verse
Datec9th (date of poem), c. 970–990 AD (date of manuscript)
GenresOld English
Elegy
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Date of Upd.
ID2215652
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About Wulf And Eadwacer


"Wulf and Eadwacer" is an Old English poem of famously difficult interpretation. It has been variously characterised, as an elegy, as a riddle, and as a song or ballad with refrain.

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