Riddles 9 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.22.9 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 9
mec on ðissum dagum deadne ofgeafun fæder ond modor ne wæs me feorh ða gen ealdor in innan ða mec an ongon welhold mege wedum ðeccan heold ond freoðode hleosceorpe wrah swa arlice swa hire agen bearn oððæt ic under sceate swa min gesceapu wæron ungesibbum wearð eacen gæste mec seo friðe mæg fedde siððan oððæt ic aweox widdor meahte siðas asettan heo hæfde swæsra ðy læs suna ond dohtra ðy heo swa dyde