{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/ascp/a03_2220.htm","path":"neu/ascp/a03_2220.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/a03_2220.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends and Sagas\u00a0\n WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site]\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n Riddle 20\n Verse Indeterminate Saxon\n \n - \n Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on gewin sceapen, \n frean minum leof, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 f\u00e6gre gegyrwed.\n Byrne is min bleofag, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swylce beorht seoma\u00f0\n wir ymb \u00feone w\u00e6lgim \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee me waldend geaf,\n- 5\n- \n se me widgalum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wisa\u00f0 hwilum \n sylfum to sace. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00feonne ic sinc wege\n \u00feurh hlutterne d\u00e6g, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hondweorc smi\u00fea,\n gold ofer geardas. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oft ic g\u00e6stberend\n cwelle compw\u00e6pnum. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cyning mec gyrwe\u00f0\n- 10\n- \n since ond seolfre \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ond mec on sele weor\u00fea\u00f0; \n ne wyrne\u00f0 wordlofes, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wisan m\u00e6ne\u00f0\n mine for mengo, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6r hy meodu drinca\u00f0,\n healde\u00f0 mec on hea\u00feore, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hwilum l\u00e6te\u00f0 eft\n radwerigne \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on gerum sceacan,\n- 15\n- \n orlegfromne. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oft ic o\u00ferum scod \n frecne \u00e6t his freonde; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fah eom ic wide,\n w\u00e6pnum awyrged. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ic me wenan ne \u00feearf\n \u00fe\u00e6t me bearn wr\u00e6ce \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on bonan feore,\n gif me gromra hwylc \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gu\u00fee gen\u00e6ge\u00f0;\n- 20\n- \n ne weor\u00fee\u00f0 sio m\u00e6gburg \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gemicledu \n eaforan minum \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee ic \u00e6fter woc,\n nym\u00fee ic hlafordleas \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hweorfan mote\n from \u00feam healdende \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fee me hringas geaf.\n Me bi\u00f0 for\u00f0 witod, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gif ic frean hyre,\n- 25\n- \n gu\u00fee fremme, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swa ic gien dyde \n minum \u00feeodne on \u00feonc, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00fe\u00e6t ic \u00feolian sceal\n bearngestreona. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ic wi\u00fe bryde ne mot\n h\u00e6med habban, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ac me \u00fe\u00e6s hyhtplegan\n geno wyrne\u00f0, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 se mec geara on\n- 30\n- \n bende legde; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 for\u00feon ic brucan sceal \n on hagostealde \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 h\u00e6le\u00fea gestreona.\n Oft ic wirum dol \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wife abelge,\n wonie hyre willan; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 heo me wom sprece\u00f0,\n floce\u00f0 hyre folmum, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 firena\u00fe mec wordum,\n- 35\n- \n ungod g\u00e6le\u00f0. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ic ne gyme \u00fe\u00e6s compes","title":"Riddle 20","type":"page"}