Riddles 21 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.21 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 21
neb is min niðerweard neol ic fere ond be grunde græfe geonge swa me wisað har holtes feond ond hlaford min woh færeð weard æt steorte wrigað on wonge wegeð mec ond ðyð saweð on swæð min ic snyðige forð brungen of bearwe bunden cræfte wegen on wægne hæbbe wundra fela me bið gongendre grene on healfe ond min swæð sweotol sweart on oðre me ðurh hrycg wrecen hongað under an orðoncpil oðer on heafde fæst ond forðweard fealleð on sidan ðæt ic toðum tere gif me teala ðenað hindeweardre ðæt bið hlaford min