Riddle 25

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 25 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wifum on hyhte, neahbuendum nyt; nængum sceþþe burgsittendra, nymþe bonan anum. Staþol min is steapheah, stonde ic on bedde, - 5 - neoþan ruh nathwær. Neþeð hwilum ful cyrtenu ceorles dohtor, modwlonc meowle, þæt heo on mec gripeð, ræseð mec on reodne, reafað min heafod, fegeð mec on fæsten. Feleþ sona - 10 - mines gemotes, seo þe mec nearwað, wif wundenlocc. Wæt bið þæt eage.