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Northern European Mythology

Riddle 58

Sacred Texts  Legends and Sagas  WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index  Previous  Next  Riddle 58 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic wat anfete      ellen dreogan wiht on wonge.      Wide ne fereð, ne fela rideð,      ne fleogan mæg þurh scirne dæg,      ne hie scip fereð, - 5 - naca nægledbord;      nyt bið hwæþre hyre mondryhtne      monegum tidum. Hafað hefigne steort,      heafod lytel, tungan lange,      toð nænigne, isernes dæl;      eorðgræf pæþeð. - 10 - Wætan ne swelgeþ      ne wiht iteþ, foþres ne gitsað,      fereð oft swa þeah lagoflod on lyfte;      life ne gielpeð, hlafordes gifum,      hyreð swa þeana þeodne sinum.      þry sind in naman - 15 - ryhte runstafas,      þara is Rad foran.