Riddles 23 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.23 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 23
agof is min noma eft onhwyrfed ic eom wrætlic wiht on gewin sceapen ðonne ic onbuge ond me of bosme fareð ætren onga ic beom eallgearo ðæt ic me ðæt feorhbealo feor aswape siððan me se waldend se me ðæt wite gescop leoðo forlæteð ic beo lengre ðonne ær oððæt ic spæte spilde geblonden ealfelo attor ðæt ic ær geap ne togongeð ðæs gumena hwylcum ænigum eaðe ðæt ic ðær ymb sprice gif hine hrineð ðæt me of hrife fleogeð ðæt ðone mandrinc mægne geceapað fullwered fæste feore sine nelle ic unbunden ænigum hyran nymðe searosæled saga hwæt ic hatte