Riddle 53

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 53 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic seah on bearwe beam hlifian, tanum torhtne. þæt treow wæs on wynne, wudu weaxende. Wæter hine ond eorþe feddan fægre, oþþæt he frod dagum - 5 - on oþrum wearð aglachade deope gedolgod, dumb in bendum, wriþen ofer wunda, wonnum hyrstum foran gefrætwed. Nu he fæcnum weg þurh his heafdes mægen hildegieste - 10 - oþrum rymeð. Oft hy an yste strudon hord ætgædre; hræd wæs ond unlæt se æftera, gif se ærra fær genamnan in nearowe neþan moste.