Riddles 88 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.88 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 88
ic weox ðær ic s/ ond sumor mi/ /me wæs min ti/ // /d ic on staðol/ /um geong swa seðeana oft geond /fgeaf ac ic uplong stod ðær ic // ond min broðor begen wæron hearde eard wæs ðy weorðra ðe wit on stodan hyrstum ðy hyrra ful oft unc holt wrugon wudubeama helm wonnum nihtum scildon wið scurum unc gescop meotud nu unc mæran twam magas uncre sculon æfter cuman eard oððringan gingran broðor eom ic gumcynnes anga ofer eorðan is min agen bæc wonn ond wundorlic ic on wuda stonde bordes on ende nis min broðor her ac ic sceal broðorleas bordes on ende staðol weardian stondan fæste ne wat hwær min broðor on wera æhtum eorðan sceata eardian sceal se me ær be healfe heah eardade wit wæron gesome sæcce to fremmanne næfre uncer awðer his ellen cyðde swa wit ðære beadwe begen ne onðungan nu mec unsceafta innan slitað wyrdað mec be wombe ic gewendan ne mæg æt ðam spore findeð sped se ðe se/ sawle rædes