A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.30
Title
Riddles 30a
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Old English
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Riddles 30a

Ridd30a 1. Ic eom legbysig, || lace mid winde, Iċ eom līeġ-bysiġ, || lāce mid winde,
Ridd30a 2. bewunden mid wuldre, || wedre gesomnad, be·wunden mid wuldre, || wedere ġe·samnod,
Ridd30a 3. fus forðweges, || fyre gebysgad, fūs forþ-weġes, || fȳre ġe·bisiĝod,
Ridd30a 4. bearu blowende, || byrnende gled. bearu blōwende, || byrnende glēd.
Ridd30a 5. Ful oft mec gesiþas || sendað æfter hondum, Full oft mec ġe·sīðas || sendaþ aefter heandum,
Ridd30a 6. þæt mec weras ond wif || wlonce cyssað. þæt mec weras and wīf || wlance cyssaþ.
Ridd30a 7. þonne ic mec onhæbbe, || ond hi onhnigaþ to me Þonne iċ mec on·hæbbe || and hīe on·hnīġaþ% tō mē
Ridd30a 8. monige mid miltse, || þær ic monnum sceal moniġe mid miltse, || ðǣr iċ mannum sċeall
Ridd30a 9. ycan upcyme || eadignesse. īeċan upcyme || ēadiġnesse.