A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.70
Title
Riddles 70
Language
Old English
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Riddles 70

Ridd70 1. Wiht is wrætlic || þam þe hyre wisan ne conn. Wiht is wrǣtliċ || þām þe hire% wīsan ne cann.
Ridd70 2. Singeð þurh sidan. || Is se sweora woh, Singeþ þurh sīdan. || Is swēora wōh,
Ridd70 3. orþoncum geworht; || hafaþ eaxle tua orþancum ġe·worht; || hafaþ eaxle
Ridd70 4. scearp on gescyldrum. || His gesceapo dreogeð sċearp on ġe·sċieldrum. || His ġe·sċeapu drēoĝeþ%
Ridd70 5. þe swa wrætlice || be wege stonde þe swā wrætlīċe || be weġe stande
Ridd70 6. heah ond hleortorht || hæleþum to nytte. hēah and hlēor-torht || hæleþum nytte.