A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.61

Title

Riddles 61

Language

Old English

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Repeated scansions (bliss)

Line 8, repeated over 2 half lines: Sx|Sx (2A1a)

Formulas

GenA 2814b: folmum sinum
GenA 2907a: folmum sinum
And 522b: folmum sinum
Ridd61 3a: folmum sinum

GenA 1288b: ellen dohte
Ridd61 7b: ellen dohte

GuthB 971b: fyllan sceolde
Ridd61 8b: fyllan sceolde

Riddles 61

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Ridd61 1.	oft mec fæste bileac \|\| freolicu meowle Oft mec fæste be·lēac \|\| frēolicu mēowle, Bliss Scansion: 3B*1c xxSx\|xS \|\| 2A1a Sxx\|Sx Sievers Scansion: B2 xx / \| xx / \|\| N/A / xx \| / x Syntax: aV \|\| AN hs: h, aa: 1
Ridd61 2.	ides on earce \|\| hwilum up ateah ides on earce, \|\| hwīlum up ā·tēah Bliss Scansion: 1A1a ~+\|xSx \|\| 2B1b xx$\|xS Sievers Scansion: A1 ~+ x \| / x \|\| 0 xx / \| x / Syntax: NP \|\| aV hs: V, aa: D, da: D
Ridd61 3.	folmum sinum \|\| ond frean sealde folmum sīnum \|\| and frēan sealde, Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx\|Sx \|\| 2C1a xS\|Sx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x \| / x \|\| 0 x / \| / x Syntax: NA \|\| NV hs: fr, xa: fsfs, aa: Q
Ridd61 4.	holdum ðeodne \|\| swa hio haten wæs holdum þēodne, \|\| swā hēo hāten wæs. Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx\|Sx \|\| 3B1b xxSx\|$ Sievers Scansion: A1 / x \| / x \|\| 0 xx / \| x / Syntax: AN \|\| sV hs: h, ca: h, aa: 1
Ridd61 5.	siððan me on hreðre \|\| heafod sticade Siþþan mē on hreðere \|\| hēafod sticode, Bliss Scansion: a1d xxxxSx \|\| 2A1a Sx\|~+x Sievers Scansion: A3 xxxx / x \|\| N/A / x \| ~+ x Syntax: iP \|\| NV hs: h, ca: h, aa: 2
Ridd61 6.	nioðan upweardne \|\| on nearo fegde niðan up-weardne, \|\| on nearu feġde. Bliss Scansion: 1D1 ~+\|Sxx \|\| 2C1a x~+\|Sx Sievers Scansion: D1 ~+ \| / \ x \|\| 0 x ~+ \| / x Syntax: aA \|\| PV hs: n, aa: 1
Ridd61 7.	gif ðæs ondfengan \|\| ellen dohte Ġif þæs andfengan \|\| ellen dohte, Bliss Scansion: d2b xxSsx \|\| 2A1a Sx\|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 xxx / \| / x \|\| N/A / x \| / x Syntax: NC \|\| NV hs: V, aa: 1
Ridd61 8.	mec frætwedne \|\| fyllan sceolde mec% frætwedne \|\| fyllan sċolde Bliss Scansion: d1a xSxx \|\| 2A1a Sx\|Sx Sievers Scansion: C1 x / \| / x \|\| N/A / x \| / x Syntax: iA \|\| IV hs: f, aa: 2
Ridd61 9.	ruwes nathwæt \|\| ræd hwæt ic mæne rūwes nāthwæt. \|\| Rǣd hwæt iċ mǣne. Bliss Scansion: 2A1a Sx\|Sx \|\| 1A1b S\|xxSx Sievers Scansion: A1 / x \| / x \|\| N/A / xx \| / x Syntax: AgA \|\| VV hs: r, aa: 1
Ridd61 10.	ic eom heard ond scearp \|\| hingonges strong Bliss Scansion: \|\| Sievers Scansion: \|\|