Riddles 80 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.80 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 80
Ic eom æþelinges eaxlgestealla, fyrdrinces gefara, frean minum leof, cyninges geselda. Cwen mec hwilum hwitloccedu hond on legeð, eorles dohtor, þeah hio æþelu sy. Hæbbe me on bosme þæt on bearwe geweox. Hwilum ic on wloncum wicge ride herges on ende; heard is min tunge. Oft ic woðboran wordleana sum agyfe æfter giedde. Good is min wise ond ic sylfa salo. Saga hwæt ic hatte.