Widsith
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First lines of "Widsith" "Widsith" (Old English: Wīdsīþ, 'far-traveller', lit. 'wide-journey'), also known as "The Traveller's Song",[1] is an Old English poem of 143 lines. It survives only in the Exeter Book (pages 84v–87r), a manuscript of Old English poetry compiled in the late-10th century, which contains approximately one-sixth of all surviving Old English poetry. "Widsith" is located between the poems "Vainglory" and "The Fortunes of Men". Since the donation of the Exeter Book in 1076, it has been housed in Exeter Cathedral in southwestern England. The poem is for the most part a…
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