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Northern European Mythology

Riddle 54

Sacred Texts  Legends and Sagas  WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index  Previous  Next  Riddle 54 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Hyse cwom gangan,      þær he hie wisse stondan in wincsele,      stop feorran to, hror hægstealdmon,      hof his agen hrægl hondum up,      hrand under gyrdels - 5 - hyre stondendre      stiþes nathwæt, worhte his willan;      wagedan buta. þegn onnette,      wæs þragum nyt tillic esne,      teorode hwæþre æt stunda gehwam      strong ær þon hio, - 10 - werig þæs weorces.      Hyre weaxan ongon under gyrdelse      þæt oft gode men ferðþum freogað      ond mid feo bicgað.