In the poem 'The Wanderer,' what has happened to the speaker's 'gold-wine' (gold-friend)?
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Correct answer: He has died, leaving the speaker lordless
The speaker of 'The Wanderer' is an 'eardstapa' (earth-stepper) who grieves because his lord and protector has died. Without a lord to provide a place in the 'comitatus' (warrior band), the speaker is forced into a lonely exile.
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