Widsith is an Old English poem of 144 lines that appears to date from 9th century, drawing on earlier oral traditions of Anglo-Saxon tale singing. The only text of the fragment is copied in the Exeter Book, a manuscript of Old English poetry compiled in the late 10th century. The poem is for the most part a survey of the peoples, kings, and heroes of Europe in the Germanic "Heroic Age": see Tribes of Widsith.