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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.21
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Riddles 21
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Old English
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Riddles 21

Ridd21 1. neb is min niðerweard || neol ic fere Nebb is min niðerweard; || neowol iċ fēre
Bliss Scansion: 1A1b $|xx~+x || 1A1a S|xSx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | ~+ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: NvA || AV
hs: n, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 2. ond be grunde græfe || geonge swa me wisað and be grunde græfe, || ġunge swā mē wīsaþ
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|~+ || 1A*1b Sx|xxSx
Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x ~+ || N/A / xxx | / x
Syntax: PV || VV
hs: g, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 3. har holtes feond || ond hlaford min hār holtes fēond || and hālford min
Bliss Scansion: 1D4 S|Sxs || 3B1a xSx|S
Sievers Scansion: D4 / | / x \ || 0 x / | x /
Syntax: AN || NA
hs: h, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 4. woh færeð || weard æt steorte wōh færeþ || weard æt steorte,
Bliss Scansion: N/A S|~x || 1A1a S|xSx
Sievers Scansion: N/A / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: AV || NP
hs: w, ca: w, aa: 1
Ridd21 5. wrigað on wonge || wegeð mec ond ðyð wriĝaþ on wange, || weġeþ mec and þīeþ,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 300 ~+|xxS
Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A ~+ \ x | /
Syntax: VP || VcV
hs: w, ca: w, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 6. saweð on swæð min || ic snyðige forð sāweþ on swæþ min. || Iċ snȳþiġe forþ,
Bliss Scansion: N/A Sx|x$s || 3B1a x~+x|S
Sievers Scansion: A2b / xx | / \ || 0 x ~+ | x /
Syntax: NA || Va
hs: s, aa: 1, da: D
Ridd21 7. brungen of bearwe || bunden cræfte brungen of bearwe%, || bunden cræfte,
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: sP || sNt
hs: b, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 8. wegen on wægne || hæbbe wundra fela weġen on wǣġne, || hæbbe wundra fela;
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+|xSx || 3B1b xxSx|~+
Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x | / x || 0 xx / | x ~+
Syntax: sP || Ngf
hs: w, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 9. me bið gongendre || grene on healfe mē biþ gangendre || grēne on healfe
Bliss Scansion: d1b xxSxx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: C1 xx / | / x || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: ivA || AP
hs: g, aa: 2
Ridd21 10. ond min swæð sweotol || sweart on oðre and min swæþ sweotol || sweart on ōðre.
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xx$|~x || 1A1a S|xSx
Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: NA || AP
hs: s, ac: sw, aca: sw, acb: sw, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 11. me ðurh hrycg wrecen || hongað under Mē þurh hryċġ wrecen || hangaþ under
Bliss Scansion: 2C2b xxS|~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: Ps || Va
hs: h, las: V, lab: h, aa: 1
Ridd21 12. an orðoncpil || oðer on heafde ān orþanc-pīl, || ōðer on heafde,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xSxs || 1A*1a Sx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: AN || AP
hs: V, las: V, lab: h, aa: D
Ridd21 13. fæst ond forðweard || fealleð on sidan fæst and forðweard. || Fealleþ on sīdan
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: AcA || VP
hs: f, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 14. ðæt ic toðum tere || gif me teala ðenað þæt iċ tōðum tere, || ġif mē tela þeġnaþ
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|~+ || 2C1b xx~+|Sx
Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x ~+ || 0 xx ~+ | / x
Syntax: NV || aV
hs: t, aa: D, da: D
Ridd21 15. hindeweardre || ðæt bið hlaford min hinde-weardre, || þæt biþ hālford min.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 3B1b xxSx|S
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 xx / | x /
Syntax: AC || NA
hs: h, law: m, aa: 1, acp: 2A1