Riddles 14 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.14 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 14
ic wæs wæpenwiga nu mec wlonc ðeceð geong hagostealdmon golde ond sylfore woum wirbogum hwilum weras cyssað hwilum ic to hilde hleoðre bonne wilgehleðan hwilum wycg byreð mec ofer mearce hwilum merehengest fereð ofer flodas frætwum beorhtne hwilum mægða sum minne gefylleð bosm beaghroden hwilum ic bordum sceal heard heafodleas behlyðed licgan hwilum hongige hyrstum frætwed wlitig on wage ðær weras drincað freolic fyrdsceorp hwilum folcwigan on wicge wegað ðonne ic winde sceal sincfag swelgan of sumes bosme hwilum ic gereordum rincas laðige wlonce to wine hwilum wraðum sceal stefne minre forstolen hreddan flyman feondsceaðan frige hwæt ic hatte