Riddles 33 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.33 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 33
wiht cwom æfter wege wrætlicu liðan cymlic from ceole cleopode to londe hlinsade hlude hleahtor wæs gryrelic egesful on earde ecge wæron scearpe wæs hio hetegrim hilde to sæne biter beadoweorca bordweallas grof heardhiðende heterune bond sægde searocræftig ymb hyre sylfre gesceaft is min modor mægða cynnes ðæs deorestan ðæt is dohtor min eacen up liden swa ðæt is ældum cuð firum on folce ðæt seo on foldan sceal on ealra londa gehwam lissum stondan