Wulf and Eadwacer
Poem
"Wulf and Eadwacer" is an Old English poem in alliterative verse of famously difficult interpretation. It has been variously characterised, as an elegy, as a riddle, and as a song or ballad with refrain. The poem is narrated in the first person,... Wikipedia
Original language: Old English
Date: c. AD 970–990 (date of manuscript)
Genre: Old English elegiac poetry
Manuscript(s): Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501)
Verse form: Alliterative verse