A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.34
Title
Riddles 34
Language
Old English
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Riddles 34

Ridd34 1. ic wiht geseah || in wera burgum Iċ wiht ġe·seah || on wera burgum,
Bliss Scansion: N/A xS|x$ || 2C1a x~+|Sx
Sievers Scansion: B1 x / | x / || 0 x ~+ | / x
Syntax: NV || NgN
hs: w, aa: 1
Ridd34 2. seo ðæt feoh fedeð || hafað fela toða sēo þæt feoh fēdeþ. || Hafaþ fela tōða;
Bliss Scansion: 2C1b xx$|Sx || 2C1b xx~+|Sx
Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || 0 xx ~+ | / x
Syntax: NV || fNg
hs: f, aa: D, da: D
Ridd34 3. nebb bið hyre æt nytte || niðerweard gongeð nebb biþ hire æt nytte, || niðerweard gangeþ,
Bliss Scansion: N/A S|xxxxSx || 2A1a ~+x|Sx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / xxxx | / x || N/A ~+ x | / x
Syntax: NvP || AV
hs: n, aa: D, da: D
Ridd34 4. hiðeð holdlice || ond to ham tyhð hūðeþ holdlīċe || and tō hām tīehþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sxx || 2C1b xxS|Sx
Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | / \ x || 0 xx / | / x
Syntax: Va || PV
hs: h, aa: D, da: D
Ridd34 5. wæðeð geond weallas || wyrte seceð wǣðeþ ġond weallas, || wyrte sēċeþ;
Bliss Scansion: 1A*1a Sx|xSx || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / xx | / x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: VP || NV
hs: w, aa: D, da: D
Ridd34 6. aa heo ða findeð || ða ðe fæst ne bið āa hēo þā findeþ, || þā þe fæst ne biþ;
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 2B1b xxS|x$
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || 0 xx / | x /
Syntax: dV || AV
hs: f, lab: f, aa: 2
Ridd34 7. læteð hio ða wlitigan || wyrtum fæste lǣteþ hēo þā wlitiĝan, || wyrtum fæste,
Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxx~+x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx ~+ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: iA || NtA
hs: w, lab: fw, aa: 2
Ridd34 8. stille stondan || on staðolwonge stille standan || on staþolwonġe,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || d2a x~+sx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || 0 x ~+ | / x
Syntax: aI || NC
hs: st, lab: w, aa: D, da: D
Ridd34 9. beorhte blican || blowan ond growan beorhte blīcan, || blōwan and grōwan.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: aI || IcI
hs: bl, ac: bl, aa: D, da: D