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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.17
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Riddles 17
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Old English
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Riddles 17

Ridd17 1. ic eom mundbora || minre heorde Iċ eom mund-bora || mīnre heorde,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: NC || AN
hs: m, law: h, aa: 1
Ridd17 2. eodorwirum fæst || innan gefylled eodor-wīrum fæst, || innan ġe·fylled
Bliss Scansion: 3 E2 ~+sx|S || 1A*1a Sx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: E ~+ \ x | / || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: NtA || as
hs: V, lab: V, xa: VfVf, aa: Q
Ridd17 3. dryhtgestreona || dægtidum oft dryht-ġe·strēona. || Dæġ-tīdum oft
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 300 Ssx|S
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / \ x | /
Syntax: NC || Na
hs: d, lab: V, aa: 1, acp: 1A1
Ridd17 4. spæte sperebrogan || sped bið ðy mare spǣte spere-brōĝan; || spēd biþ þȳ māre
Bliss Scansion: 1D*2 Sx|~+sx || 1A1b S|xxSx
Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | ~+ \ x || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: NC || NvA
hs: sp, aa: 1, da: D
Ridd17 5. fylle minre || frea ðæt bihealdeð fylle mīnre. || Frēa% þæt be·healdeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A1b S|xxSx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: NA || NV
hs: f, aa: 1
Ridd17 6. hu me of hrife fleogað || hyldepilas hū mē of hrife flēoĝaþ || hilde-pīlas.
Bliss Scansion: d2c xxx~+|Sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: C2 xxx ~+ | / x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: PV || NC
hs: h, aa: 1, bcp: 2A1
Ridd17 7. hwilum ic sweartum || swelgan onginne Hwīlum iċ sweartum || swelĝan on·ġinne
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: aA || IV
hs: s, ac: sw, aa: 2
Ridd17 8. brunum beadowæpnum || bitrum ordum brūnum% beadu-wǣpnum, || biterum ordum,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*2 Sx|~+sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | ~+ \ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: AN || AN
hs: b, aa: D, da: D
Ridd17 9. eglum attorsperum || is min innað til eġlum ātor-sperum. || Is min innoþ til,
Bliss Scansion: 1D*3 Sx|S~x || 3B1b xxSx|$
Sievers Scansion: D*2 / x | / ~ x || 0 xx / | x /
Syntax: AN || NA
hs: V, aa: D, da: D
Ridd17 10. wombhord wlitig || wloncum deore wamb-hord wlitiġ, || wlancum dēore;
Bliss Scansion: 2A1 Ss|~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: A2a / \ | ~ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: NA || AA
hs: w, ac: wl, aa: D, da: D
Ridd17 11. men gemunan || ðæt me ðurh muð fareð menn ġe·munan || þæt mē þurh mūþ fareþ.
Bliss Scansion: N/A $|x~x || 2C2c xxxS|~x
Sievers Scansion: N/A / x | ~ x || 0 xxx / | ~ x
Syntax: NV || PV
hs: m, aa: D, da: D