Riddles 31 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.31 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 31
is ðes middangeard missenlicum wisum gewlitegad wrættum gefrætwad ic seah sellic ðing singan on ræcede wiht wæs nower werum on gemonge sio hæfde wæstum wundorlicran niðerweard wæs neb hyre fet ond folme fugele gelice no hwæðre fleogan mæg ne fela gongan hwæðre feðegeorn fremman onginneð gecoren cræftum cyrreð geneahhe oft ond gelome eorlum on gemonge siteð æt symble sæles bideð hwonne ær heo cræft hyre cyðan mote werum on wonge ne heo ðær wiht ðigeð ðæs ðe him æt blisse beornas habbað deor domes georn hio dumb wunað hwæðre hyre is on fote fæger hleoðor wynlicu woðgiefu wrætlic me ðinceð hu seo wiht mæge wordum lacan ðurh fot neoðan frætwed hyrstum hafað hyre on halse ðonne hio hord warað bær beagum deall broðor sine mæg mid mægne micel is to hycgenne wisum woðboran hwæt sio wiht sie