Riddles 73 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.73 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 73
ic on wonge aweox wunode ðær mec feddon hruse ond heofonwolcn oððæt me onhwyrfdon gearum frodne ða me grome wurdon of ðære gecynde ðe ic ær cwic beheold onwendan mine wisan wegedon mec of earde gedydon ðæt ic sceolde wið gesceape minum on bonan willan bugan hwilum nu eom mines frean folme bysigo/ /dlan dæl gif his ellen deag oððe æfter dome /ri/ /an mæ/ /ða fremman wyrcan w/ /ec on ðeode utan we/ /ipe ond to wrohtstæp/ /eorp eaxle gegyrde wo/ ond swiora smæl sidan fealwe ðonne mec heaðosigel scir bescineð ond mec // fægre feormað ond on fyrd wigeð cræfte on hæfte cuð is wide ðæt ic ðristra sum ðeofes cræfte under hrægnlocan hwilum eawunga eðelfæsten forðweard brece ðæt ær frið hæfde feringe from he fus ðonan wendeð of ðam wicum wiga se ðe mine wisan cunne saga hwæt ic hatte