Riddle 55

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 55 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic seah in healle, þær hæleð druncon, on flet beran feower cynna, wrætlic wudutreow ond wunden gold, sinc searobunden, ond seolfres dæl - 5 - ond rode tacn, þæs us to roderum up hlædre rærde, ær he helwara burg abræce. Ic þæs beames mæg eaþe for eorlum æþelu secgan; þær wæs hlin ond acc ond se hearda iw - 10 - ond se fealwa holen; frean sindon ealle nyt ætgædre, naman habbað anne, wulfheafedtreo, þæt oft wæpen abæd his mondryhtne, maðm in healle, goldhilted sweord. Nu me þisses gieddes - 15 - ondsware ywe, se hine on mede wordum secgan hu se wudu hatte.