Riddles 83 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.83 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 83
frod wæs min fromcynn biden in burgum siððan bæles weard // wera life bewunden fyre gefælsad nu me fah warað eorðan broðor se me ærest wearð gumena to gyrne ic ful gearwe gemon hwa min fromcynn fruman agette eall of earde ic him yfle ne mot ac ic hæftnyd hwilum arære wide geond wongas hæbbe ic wundra fela middangeardes mægen unlytel ac ic miðan sceal monna gehwylcum degolfulne dom dyran cræftes siðfæt minne saga hwæt ic hatte