Riddles 91 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.91 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 91
min heafod is homere geðuren searopila wund sworfen feole oft ic begine ðæt me ongean sticað ðonne ic hnitan sceal hringum gyrded hearde wið heardum hindan ðyrel forð ascufan ðæt mines frean mod wyn freoðað middelnihtum hwilum ic under bæc bregde nebbe hyrde ðæs hordes ðonne min hlaford wile lafe ðicgan ðara ðe he of life het wælcræfte awrecan willum sinum