Riddles 47 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.47 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 47
moððe word fræt me ðæt ðuhte wrætlicu wyrd ða ic ðæt wundor gefrægn ðæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes ðeof in ðystro ðrymfæstne cwide ond ðæs strangan staðol stælgiest ne wæs wihte ðy gleawra ðe he ðam wordum swealg