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Northern European Mythology

Riddle 13

Sacred Texts  Legends and Sagas  WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index  Previous  Next  Riddle 13 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic seah turf tredan,      X wæron ealra, VI gebroþor      ond hyra sweostor mid; hæfdon feorg cwico.      Fell hongedon sweotol ond gesyne      on seles wæge - 5 - anra gehwylces.      Ne wæs hyra ængum þy wyrs, ne siðe þy sarre,      þeah hy swa sceoldon reafe birofene,      rodra weardes meahtum aweahte,      muþum slitan haswe blede.      Hrægl bið geniwad - 10 - þam þe ær forðcymene      frætwe leton licgan on laste,      gewitan lond tredan.