Riddle 22

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 22 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - ætsomne cwom LX monna to wægstæþe wicgum ridan; hæfdon XI eoredmæcgas fridhengestas, IIII sceamas. - 5 - Ne meahton magorincas ofer mere feolan, swa hi fundedon, ac wæs flod to deop, atol yþa geþræc, ofras hea, streamas stronge. Ongunnon stigan þa on wægn weras ond hyra wicg somod - 10 - hlodan under hrunge; þa þa hors oðbær eh ond eorlas, æscum dealle, ofer wætres byht wægn to lande, swa hine oxa ne teah ne esna mægen ne fæthengest, ne on flode swom, - 15 - ne be grunde wod gestum under, ne lagu drefde, ne on lyfte fleag, ne under bæc cyrde; brohte hwæþre beornas ofer burnan ond hyra bloncan mid from stæðe heaum, þæt hy stopan up - 20 - on oþerne, ellenrofe, weras of wæge, ond hyra wicg gesund.