The Old Ways

Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 60 of 343

Riddle 19

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic on siþe seah ᛋ ᚱ ᚩ ᚻ hygewloncne, heafodbeorhtne, swiftne ofer sælwong swiþe þrægan. Hæfde him on hrycge hildeþryþe ᚾ ᚩ ᛗ nægledne rad ᚪ ᚾ ᛖ ᚹ. Widlast ferede rynestrong on rade rofne ᚳ ᚩ ᛇ ᚩ ᚪ ᚻ. For wæs þy beorhtre, swylcra siþfæt. Saga hwæt ic hatte.