Riddles 49 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.49 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 49
ic wat eardfæstne anne standan deafne dumban se oft dæges swilgeð ðurh gopes hond gifrum lacum hwilum on ðam wicum se wonna ðegn sweart ond saloneb sendeð oðre under goman him golde dyrran ða æðelingas oft wilniað cyningas ond cwene ic ðæt cyn nu gen nemnan ne wille ðe him to nytte swa ond to dugðum doð ðæt se dumba her eorp unwita ær forswilgeð