Riddles 95 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.3.34.95 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 95
ic eom indryhten ond eorlum cuð ond reste oft ricum ond heanum folcum gefræge fere wide ond me fremdes ær freondum stondeð hiðendra hyht gif ic habban sceal blæd in burgum oððe beorhtne god nu snottre men swiðast lufiað midwist mine ic monigum sceal wisdom cyðan no ðær word sprecað ænig ofer eorðan ðeah nu ælda bearn londbuendra lastas mine swiðe secað ic swaðe hwilum mine bemiðe monna gehwylcum