A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.57
Title
Riddles 57
Language
Old English
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Riddles 57

Ridd57 1. ðeos lyft byreð || lytle wihte Þēos lyft bireþ || lȳtle wihte
Bliss Scansion: d3a xS~x || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: C3 x / | ~ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: NV || Aa
hs: l, aa: 1
Ridd57 2. ofer beorghleoða || ða sind blace swiðe ofer beorh-hliða. || Þā sind blace swīðe,
Bliss Scansion: d3b xxS~x || 2C1b xx~+|Sx
Sievers Scansion: C3 xx / | ~ x || 0 xx ~+ | / x
Syntax: NC || Aa
hs: b, las: s, aa: 1
Ridd57 3. swearte salopade || sanges rope swearte salopade. || Sanges rōfe
Bliss Scansion: 1D*2 Sx|~+sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: D*1 / x | ~+ \ x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: AN || NgA
hs: s, las: s, aa: D, da: D
Ridd57 4. heapum ferað || hlude cirmað hēapum fēraþ, || hlūde ċiermaþ,
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 2A1a Sx|Sx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / x | / x
Syntax: NV || AV
hs: h, aa: 1
Ridd57 5. tredað bearonæssas || hwilum burgsalo tredaþ bearu-næssas, || hwīlum burh-salu
Bliss Scansion: d2b xx~+sx || d3b xxS~x
Sievers Scansion: C2 xx ~+ | / x || 0 xx / | ~ x
Syntax: NC || AC
hs: b, law: s, aa: 1
Ridd57 6. niðða bearna || nemnað hy sylfe niþþa bearna. || Nemnaþ hīe selfe.
Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx|Sx || 1A*1a Sx|xSx
Sievers Scansion: A1 / x | / x || N/A / xx | / x
Syntax: NgN || VA
hs: n, law: s, aa: 1