Riddles 58 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.58 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 58
ic wat anfete ellen dreogan wiht on wonge wide ne fereð ne fela rideð ne fleogan mæg ðurh scirne dæg ne hie scip fereð naca nægledbord nyt bið hwæðre hyre mondryhtne monegum tidum hafað hefigne steort heafod lytel tungan lange toð nænigne isernes dæl eorðgræf pæðeð wætan ne swelgeð ne wiht iteð foðres ne gitsað fereð oft swa ðeah lagoflod on lyfte life ne gielpeð hlafordes gifum hyreð swa ðeana ðeodne sinum ðry sind in naman ryhte runstafas ðara is rad foran