Riddle 81
Riddle 81
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
- Ic eom byledbreost, belcedsweora,
heafod hæbbe ond heane steort,
eagan ond earan ond ænne foot,
hrycg ond heardnebb, hneccan steapne
- 5
- ond sidan twa, sag on middum,
eard ofer ældum. Aglac dreoge,
þær mec wegeð se þe wudu hrereð,
ond mec stondende streamas beatað,
hægl se hearda, ond hrim þeceð,
- 10
- ...orst ...eoseð, ond fealleð snaw
on þyrelwombne, ond ic þæt ...ol...
mæ... wonsceaft mine.
