Riddles 12 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.12 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 12
fotum ic fere foldan slite grene wongas ðenden ic gæst bere gif me feorh losað fæste binde swearte wealas hwilum sellan men hwilum ic deorum drincan selle beorne of bosme hwilum mec bryd triedeð felawlonc fotum hwilum feorran broht wonfeax wale wegeð ond ðyð dol druncmennen deorcum nihtum wæteð in wætre wyrmeð hwilum fægre to fyre me on fæðme sticað hygegalan hond hwyrfeð geneahhe swifeð me geond sweartne saga hwæt ic hatte ðe ic lifgende lond reafige ond æfter deaðe dryhtum ðeowige