The Old Ways

Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 43 of 343

Riddle 2

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Hwilum ic gewite, swa ne wenaþ men, under yþa geþræc eorþan secan, garsecges grund. Gifen biþ gewreged, fam gewealcen; hwælmere hlimmeð, hlude grimmeð, streamas staþu beatað, stundum weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stane ond sonde, ware ond wæge, þonne ic winnende, holmmægne biþeaht, hrusan styrge, side sægrundas. Sundhelme ne mæg losian ær mec læte se þe min latteow bið on siþa gehwam. Saga, þoncol mon, hwa mec bregde of brimes fæþmum, þonne streamas eft stille weorþað,

yþa geþwære, þe mec ær wrugon.