Riddles 22 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.22 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 22
ætsomne cwom siextig monna to wægstæðe wicgum ridan hæfdon endleofon eoredmæcgas fridhengestas feower sceamas ne meahton magorincas ofer mere feolan swa hi fundedon ac wæs flod to deop atol yða geðræc ofras hea streamas stronge ongunnon stigan ða on wægn weras ond hyra wicg somod hlodan under hrunge ða ða hors oðbær eh ond eorlas æscum dealle ofer wætres byht wægn to lande swa hine oxa ne teah ne esna mægen ne fæthengest ne on flode swom ne be grunde wod gestum under ne lagu drefde ne on lyfte fleag ne under bæc cyrde brohte hwæðre beornas ofer burnan ond hyra bloncan mid from stæðe heaum ðæt hy stopan up on oðerne ellenrofe weras of wæge ond hyra wicg gesund