Riddles 36 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.36 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 36
ic wiht geseah on wege feran seo wæs wrætlice wundrum gegierwed hæfde feowere fet under wombe ond ehtuwe monn [h w M] wiif [m x l kf wf] hors [qxxs] ufon on hrycge hæfde tu fiðru ond twelf eagan ond siex heafdu saga hwæt hio wære for flodwegas ne wæs ðæt na fugul ana ac ðær wæs æghwylces anra gelicnes horses ond monnes hundes ond fugles ond eac wifes wlite ðu wast gif ðu const to gesecganne ðæt we soð witan hu ðære wihte wise gonge