Riddle 13
Riddle 13
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
- Ic seah turf tredan, X wæron ealra,
VI gebroþor ond hyra sweostor mid;
hæfdon feorg cwico. Fell hongedon
sweotol ond gesyne on seles wæge
- 5
- anra gehwylces. Ne wæs hyra ængum þy wyrs,
ne siðe þy sarre, þeah hy swa sceoldon
reafe birofene, rodra weardes
meahtum aweahte, muþum slitan
haswe blede. Hrægl bið geniwad
- 10
- þam þe ær forðcymene frætwe leton
licgan on laste, gewitan lond tredan.
