Riddle 35

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 35 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Mec se wæta wong, wundrum freorig, of his innaþe ærist cende. Ne wat ic mec beworhtne wulle flysum, hærum þurh heahcræft, hygeþoncum min. - 5 - Wundene me ne beoð wefle, ne ic wearp hafu, ne þurh þreata geþræcu þræd me ne hlimmeð, ne æt me hrutende hrisil scriþeð, ne mec ohwonan sceal am cnyssan. Wyrmas mec ne awæfan wyrda cræftum, - 10 - þa þe geolo godwebb geatwum frætwað. Wile mec mon hwæþre seþeah wide ofer eorþan hatan for hæleþum hyhtlic gewæde. Saga soðcwidum, searoþoncum gleaw, wordum wisfæst, hwæt þis gewæde sy.