The Old Ways

Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 52 of 343

Riddle 11

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Hrægl is min hasofag, hyrste beorhte, reade ond scire on reafe minum. Ic dysge dwelle ond dole hwette unrædsiþas, oþrum styre nyttre fore. Ic þæs nowiht wat þæt heo swa gemædde, mode bestolene, dæde gedwolene, deoraþ mine won wisan gehwam. Wa him þæs þeawes, siþþan heah bringað horda deorast, gif hi unrædes ær ne geswicaþ.