ENG240Y1 Lecture Notes - Dunam, Frigg, Wyrd
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To me it seemed a remarkable fate, when i learned of the marvel, that the worm had swallowed the speech of a man, a thief in the night, a renowned saying and its place itself. Though he swallowed the word the thieving stranger was no whit the wiser. I am honored among men both near and far; brought from the groves and inhabited hills, from vales and from downs. By day i was borne on wings through the air and happily wafted to the shelter of roofs. Robbed of his strength, though strong in speech, he is deprived of his powers, and control of his mind, of his feet and his hands. Ask what my name is who bind men to the ground, the foolish after fighting, in broad daylight. Mo e word fr t me t uhte wr tlicu wyrd a ic t wundor gefr gn.
