Riddles 93 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.93 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 93
frea min /de willum sinum // heah ond hyht/ /rpne hwilum /wilum sohte frea/ /s wod dægrime frod deo/ /s hwilum stealc hliðo stigan sceolde up in eðel hwilum eft gewat in deop dalu duguðe secan strong on stæpe stanwongas grof hrimighearde hwilum hara scoc forst of feaxe ic on fusum rad oððæt him ðone gleawstol gingra broðor min agnade ond mec of earde adraf siððan mec isern innanweardne brun bennade blod ut ne com heolfor of hreðre ðeah mec heard bite stiðecg style no ic ða stunde bemearn ne for wunde weop ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft mine ac ic aglæca ealle ðolige ðæt /e bord biton nu ic blace swelge wuda ond wætre w/ /b/ befæðme ðæt mec on fealleð ufan ðær ic stonde eorpes nathwæt hæbbe anne fot nu min hord warað hiðende feond se ðe ær wide bær wulfes gehleðan oft me of wombe bewaden fereð steppeð on stið bord deaðes d/ ðonne dægcondel sunne /eorc eagum wliteð ond spe/