Riddles 1 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.1 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems Riddles 1
neb wæs min on nearwe ond ic neoðan wætre flode underflowen firgenstreamum swiðe besuncen ond on sunde awox ufan yðum ðeaht anum getenge liðendum wuda lice mine hæfde feorh cwico ða ic of fæðmum cwom brimes ond beames on blacum hrægle sume wæron hwite hyrste mine ða mec lifgende lyft upp ahof wind of wæge siððan wide bær ofer seolhbaðo saga hwæt ic hatte