Riddles 32 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.32 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 32
is ðes middangeard missenlicum wisum gewlitegad wrættum gefrætwad siðum sellic ic seah searo hweorfan grindan wið greote giellende faran næfde sellicu wiht syne ne folme exle ne earmas sceal on anum fet searoceap swifan swiðe feran faran ofer feldas hæfde fela ribba muð wæs on middan moncynne nyt fereð foddurwelan folcscipe dreogeð wist in wigeð ond werum gieldeð gaful geara gehwam ðæs ðe guman brucað rice ond heane rece gif ðu cunne wis worda gleaw hwæt sio wiht sie