Riddles 39 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.39 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 39
gewritu secgað ðæt seo wiht sy mid moncynne miclum tidum sweotol ond gesyne sundorcræft hafað maran micle ðonne hit men witen heo wile gesecan sundor æghwylcne feorhberendra gewiteð eft feran on weg ne bið hio næfre niht ðær oðre ac hio sceal wideferh wreccan laste hamleas hweorfan no ðy heanre bið ne hafað hio fot ne folme ne æfre foldan hran ne eagena ægðer twega ne muð hafað ne wið monnum spræc ne gewit hafað ac gewritu secgað ðæt seo sy earmost ealra wihta ðara ðe æfter gecyndum cenned wære ne hafað hio sawle ne feorh ac hio siðas sceal geond ðas wundorworuld wide dreogan ne hafað hio blod ne ban hwæðre bearnum wearð geond ðisne middangeard mongum to frofre næfre hio heofonum hran ne to helle mot ac hio sceal wideferh wuldorcyninges larum lifgan long is to secganne hu hyre ealdorgesceaft æfter gongeð woh wyrda gesceapu ðæt is wrætlic ðing to gesecganne soð is æghwylc ðara ðe ymb ðas wiht wordum becneð ne hafað heo ænig lim leofað efne seðeah gif ðu mæge reselan recene gesecgan soðum wordum saga hwæt hio hatte