Widsith's an Old English poem of 144 lines that appears to date from the 9th century, drawing on earlier oral traditions of Anglo-Saxon tale singing. The only text of the fragment's copied in the Exeter Book, a manuscript of Old English poetry compiled in the late 10th century containing approximately one sixth of all surving Old English poetry. Widsith's located between the poems Vainglory and The Fortunes of Men. Since the discovery of the Exeter Book in 1076, it's been housed in the Exeter Ca… (More on Widsith)