Riddles 1
Ridd1 1. |
neb
wæs
min
on
nearwe
||
ond
ic
neoðan
wætre
Hwelċ
is
hæleþa
þæs
horsċ
||
and
þæs
hyġe-cræftiġ
Bliss Scansion: N/A $|xxxSx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || 0 xx ~+ | / x Syntax: NvP || aN hs: n, aa: D, da: D |
Ridd1 2. |
flode
underflowen
||
firgenstreamum
þæt
þæt
mæġe
ā·seċġan,
||
hwā
mec
on
sīþ
wræce,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1b Sx|xxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxx | / x || N/A / x | / x Syntax: Nts || NC hs: f, ac: fl, aca: fl, aa: D, da: D, bcp: 2A1 |
Ridd1 3. |
swiðe
besuncen
||
ond
on
sunde
awox
þonne
iċ
ā·stīġe
strang,
||
stundum
rēðe,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 3B*1c xxSx|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || 0 xx / | xx / Syntax: as || PV hs: s, aa: D, da: D |
Ridd1 4. |
ufan
yðum
ðeaht
||
anum
getenge
þrymfull
þunie,
||
þrāĝum
wrǣce
Bliss Scansion: 1D5 ~+|Sxs || 1A*1a Sx|xSx Sievers Scansion: D4 ~+ | / x \ || N/A / xx | / x Syntax: Nts || AA hs: V, aa: 1, da: D |
Ridd1 5. |
liðendum
wuda
||
lice
mine
fēre
ġond
foldan,
||
folc-salu
bærne,
Bliss Scansion: 30 Sxx|~+ || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: E / \ x | ~+ || N/A / x | / x Syntax: AN || NA hs: l, aa: 1 |
Ridd1 6. |
hæfde
feorh
cwico
||
ða
ic
of
fæðmum
cwom
reċed
reafie?
||
Rēcas
stīĝaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xxS|~x || 3B1c xxxSx|S Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || 0 xxx / | x / Syntax: NA || PV hs: f, xa: fcwfcw, aa: Q |
Ridd1 7. |
brimes
ond
beames
||
on
blacum
hrægle
haswe
ofer
hrōfum.
||
Hlin%
biþ
on
eorðan,
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 2C1a x~+|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x Syntax: NcN || AN hs: b, las: h, aa: D, da: D |
Ridd1 8. |
sume
wæron
hwite
||
hyrste
mine
wæl-cwealm
wera,
||
þonne
iċ
wudu
hrere,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x || N/A / x | / x Syntax: AvA || NA hs: h, las: h, lab: h, aa: 2 |
Ridd1 9. |
ða
mec
lifgende
||
lyft
upp
ahof
bearwas
blǣd-hwate,
||
bēamas
fylle,
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 2E2a Ss|xS Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / \ x | / Syntax: iA || NV hs: l, lab: h, aa: 2 |
Ridd1 10. |
wind
of
wæge
||
siððan
wide
bær
holme
ġe·hrēfed,
||
hēahum%
meahtum
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x / Syntax: NP || aV hs: w, aa: D, da: D |
Ridd1 11. |
ofer
seolhbaðo
||
saga
hwæt
ic
hatte
wrecen%
on
wāðe,
||
wīde
sended;
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 1A1b ~+|xxSx Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A ~+ xx | / x Syntax: NC || VV hs: s, aa: 1 |