Riddle 14

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 14 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic wæs wæpenwiga. Nu mec wlonc þeceð geong hagostealdmon golde ond sylfore, woum wirbogum. Hwilum weras cyssað, hwilum ic to hilde hleoþre bonne - 5 - wilgehleþan, hwilum wycg byreþ mec ofer mearce, hwilum merehengest fereð ofer flodas frætwum beorhtne, hwilum mægða sum minne gefylleð bosm beaghroden; hwilum ic bordum sceal, - 10 - heard, heafodleas, behlyþed licgan, hwilum hongige hyrstum frætwed, wlitig on wage, þær weras drincað, freolic fyrdsceorp. Hwilum folcwigan on wicge wegað, þonne ic winde sceal - 15 - sincfag swelgan of sumes bosme; hwilum ic gereordum rincas laðige wlonce to wine; hwilum wraþum sceal stefne minre forstolen hreddan, flyman feondsceaþan. Frige hwæt ic hatte.