Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle
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Ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii manent?
under colour of _faber_ = smith, which the name Fabricius suggests, Weland is made a fruitful text:-- Hwær sind nu thæs wisan Welandes ban, thæs goldsmithes the wæs gio mærost? Forthy ic cwæth thæs wisan Welandes ban, forthy ængum ne mæg eorthbuendra, se craft losian the him Crist onlænth. Ne mæg mon æfre thy eth ænne wræccan his craftes beniman the mon oncerran mæg sunnan on swifan and thisne swiftan rodor of his riht ryne rinca ænig. Hwa wat nu thæs wisan Welandes ban, on hwelcum hi hlæwa hrusan theccen? Where now are the bones of Weland the wise, |
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