Riddle 88

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next Riddle 88 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic weox þær ic s... ond sumor mi... ...me wæs min ti... ...... - 5 - ...d ic on staðol... ...um geong, swa seþeana oft geond ...fgeaf, ac ic uplong stod, þær ic ...... - 10 - ond min broþor; begen wæron hearde. Eard wæs þy weorðra þe wit on stodan, hyrstum þy hyrra. Ful oft unc holt wrugon, wudubeama helm wonnum nihtum, scildon wið scurum; unc gescop meotud. - 15 - Nu unc mæran twam magas uncre sculon æfter cuman, eard oðþringan gingran broþor. Eom ic gumcynnes anga ofer eorþan; is min agen bæc wonn ond wundorlic. Ic on wuda stonde - 20 - bordes on ende. Nis min broþor her, ac ic sceal broþorleas bordes on ende staþol weardian, stondan fæste; ne wat hwær min broþor on wera æhtum eorþan sceata eardian sceal, - 25 - se me ær be healfe heah eardade. Wit wæron gesome sæcce to fremmanne; næfre uncer awþer his ellen cyðde, swa wit þære beadwe begen ne onþungan. Nu mec unsceafta innan slitað, - 30 - wyrdaþ mec be wombe; ic gewendan ne mæg. æt þam spore findeð sped se þe se... sawle rædes.