Riddles 43 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.43 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 43
ic wat indryhtne æðelum deorne giest in geardum ðam se grimma ne mæg hungor sceððan ne se hata ðurst yldo ne adle gif him arlice esne ðenað se ðe agan sceal on ðam siðfate hy gesunde æt ham findað witode him wiste ond blisse cnosles unrim care gif se esne his hlaforde hyreð yfle frean on fore ne wile forht wesan broðor oðrum him ðæt bam sceðeð ðonne hy from bearme begen hweorfað anre magan ellorfuse moddor ond sweostor mon se ðe wille cyðe cynewordum hu se cuma hatte eðða se esne ðe ic her ymb sprice