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Northern European Mythology

Riddle 12

Sacred Texts  Legends and Sagas  WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index  Previous  Next  Riddle 12 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Fotum ic fere,      foldan slite, grene wongas,      þenden ic gæst bere. Gif me feorh losað,      fæste binde swearte Wealas,      hwilum sellan men. - 5 - Hwilum ic deorum      drincan selle beorne of bosme,      hwilum mec bryd triedeð felawlonc fotum,      hwilum feorran broht wonfeax Wale      wegeð ond þyð, dol druncmennen      deorcum nihtum, - 10 - wæteð in wætre,      wyrmeð hwilum fægre to fyre;      me on fæðme sticaþ hygegalan hond,      hwyrfeð geneahhe, swifeð me geond sweartne.      Saga hwæt ic hatte, þe ic lifgende      lond reafige - 15 - ond æfter deaþe      dryhtum þeowige.