The Old Ways

Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 65 of 343

Riddle 24

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wræsne mine stefne, hwilum beorce swa hund, hwilum blæte swa gat, hwilum græde swa gos, hwilum gielle swa hafoc, hwilum ic onhyrge þone haswan earn, guðfugles hleoþor, hwilum glidan reorde muþe gemæne, hwilum mæwes song, þær ic glado sitte. ᚷ mec nemnað, swylce ᚫ ond ᚱ ᚩ fullesteð, ᚻ ond ᛁ. Nu ic haten eom swa þa siex stafas sweotule becnaþ.