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The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry


Riddle 15
Verse Indeterminate Saxon


Hals is min hwit      ond heafod fealo,
sidan swa some.      Swift ic eom on feþe,
beadowæpen bere.      Me on bæce standað
her swylce swe on hleorum.      Hlifiað tu

5

earan ofer eagum.      Ordum ic steppe
in grene græs.      Me bið gyrn witod,
gif mec onhæle      an onfindeð
wælgrim wiga,      þær ic wic buge,
bold mid bearnum,      ond ic bide þær

10

mid geoguðcnosle,      hwonne gæst cume
to durum minum,      him biþ deað witod.
Forþon ic sceal of eðle      eaforan mine
forhtmod fergan,      fleame nergan,
gif he me æfterweard      ealles weorþeð;

15

hine berað breost.      Ic his bidan ne dear,
reþes on geruman,      (nele þæt ræd teale),
ac ic sceal fromlice      feþemundum
þurh steapne beorg      stræte wyrcan.
Eaþe ic mæg freora      feorh genergan,

20

gif ic mægburge mot      mine gelædan
on degolne weg      þurh dune þyrel
swæse ond gesibbe;      ic me siþþan ne þearf
wælhwelpes wig      wiht onsittan.
Gif se niðsceaþa      nearwe stige

25

me on swaþe seceþ,      ne tosæleþ him
on þam gegnpaþe      guþgemotes,
siþþan ic þurh hylles      hrof geræce,
ond þurh hest hrino      hildepilum
laðgewinnum,      þam þe ic longe fleah.



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