A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Metadata

ID
https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.47
Title
Riddles 47
Language
Old English
Bibliography
Other formats
TEI (xml) Plain text (txt) Metadata (json)

Tools

Highlight uncommon word forms
Poem Concordance

Formulas

Riddles 47

Ridd47 1. moððe word fræt || me ðæt ðuhte Moþþe word frǣt. || Mē þæt þūhte
Bliss Scansion: 2A2 Sx|Ss || 1A1a S|xSx
Sievers Scansion: A2b / x | / \ || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: NNV || iV
hs: m, aa: 1
Ridd47 2. wrætlicu wyrd || ða ic ðæt wundor gefrægn wrætlicu wyrd, || þā iċ þæt wunder ġe·fræġn,
Bliss Scansion: 3 E1 Sxx|S || 3B*1c xxxSx|xS
Sievers Scansion: E / ~ x | / || 0 xxx / | xx /
Syntax: AN || NV
hs: w, ca: w, aa: D, da: D
Ridd47 3. ðæt se wyrm forswealg || wera gied sumes þæt sē wyrm for·swealg || wera ġiedd sumes,
Bliss Scansion: 2B1b xxS|xS || 2A3b ~+s|~x
Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x / || N/A ~+ \ | ~ x
Syntax: NV || NgNA
hs: w, ca: w, xa: wsws, aa: 1
Ridd47 4. ðeof in ðystro || ðrymfæstne cwide þēof on þīestru, || þrymfæstne cwide
Bliss Scansion: 1A1a S|xSx || 300 Ssx|~+
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / \ x | ~+
Syntax: NP || AN
hs: þ, aa: D, da: D
Ridd47 5. ond ðæs strangan staðol || stælgiest ne wæs and þæs strangan staðol. || Stæl-ġiest ne wæs
Bliss Scansion: 3B1b xxSx|~+ || 2E2a Ss|x$
Sievers Scansion: B1 xx / | x ~+ || N/A / \ x | /
Syntax: AN || NV
hs: st, las: w, lab: st, aa: D, da: D
Ridd47 6. wihte ðy gleawra || ðe he ðam wordum swealg wihte þȳ glēawra, || þe hē þām wordum swealh.
Bliss Scansion: a1c xxxSx || 3B1c xxxSx|S
Sievers Scansion: A3 xxx / x || 0 xxx / | x /
Syntax: aA || NV
hs: w, las: w, lab: s, aa: 1