(Note: this is based on a short extract from a book called "The Life of Willibrord", written by Alcuin of York in about 750. I am using C. H. Talbot's edition:
"Filled with fear, she awoke at once and went to recount the dream to a holy priest, who asked her whether during the night the vision came she had known her husband in the customary way. When she assented...." )
"Why do you ask me that?
You who have not known a woman!
But yes, I bestraddled him
And my breasts hung like twin moons
Eclipsed by his hands or mouth.
"Then later, as he slept
My mind's eye saw the crescent moon
Swell: grow to fullness
"So, what means this, friend priest."
Yrmenlaf
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