Riddles 17 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.17 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 17
ic eom mundbora minre heorde eodorwirum fæst innan gefylled dryhtgestreona dægtidum oft spæte sperebrogan sped bið ðy mare fylle minre frea ðæt bihealdeð hu me of hrife fleogað hyldepilas hwilum ic sweartum swelgan onginne brunum beadowæpnum bitrum ordum eglum attorsperum is min innað til wombhord wlitig wloncum deore men gemunan ðæt me ðurh muð fareð