The Old Ways

Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 54 of 343

Riddle 13

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic seah turf tredan, X wæron ealra, VI gebroþor ond hyra sweostor mid; hæfdon feorg cwico. Fell hongedon sweotol ond gesyne on seles wæge 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 þam þe ær forðcymene frætwe leton licgan on laste, gewitan lond tredan.