Riddle 49

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 49 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic wat eardfæstne anne standan, deafne, dumban, se oft dæges swilgeð þurh gopes hond gifrum lacum. Hwilum on þam wicum se wonna þegn, - 5 - sweart ond saloneb, sendeð oþre under goman him golde dyrran, þa æþelingas oft wilniað, cyningas ond cwene. Ic þæt cyn nu gen nemnan ne wille, þe him to nytte swa - 10 - ond to dugþum doþ þæt se dumba her, eorp unwita, ær forswilgeð.