Riddle 43

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 43 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic wat indryhtne æþelum deorne giest in geardum, þam se grimma ne mæg hungor sceððan ne se hata þurst, yldo ne adle. Gif him arlice - 5 - esne þenað, se þe agan sceal on þam siðfate, hy gesunde æt ham findað witode him wiste ond blisse, cnosles unrim, care, gif se esne his hlaforde hyreð yfle, - 10 - frean on fore. Ne wile forht wesan broþor oþrum; him þæt bam sceðeð, þonne hy from bearme begen hweorfað anre magan ellorfuse, moddor ond sweostor. Mon, se þe wille, - 15 - cyþe cynewordum hu se cuma hatte, eðþa se esne, þe ic her ymb sprice.