
Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 66 of 343
Riddle 25
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wifum on hyhte, neahbuendum nyt; nængum sceþþe burgsittendra, nymþe bonan anum. Staþol min is steapheah, stonde ic on bedde, neoþan ruh nathwær. Neþeð hwilum ful cyrtenu ceorles dohtor, modwlonc meowle, þæt heo on mec gripeð, ræseð mec on reodne, reafað min heafod, fegeð mec on fæsten. Feleþ sona mines gemotes, seo þe mec nearwað, wif wundenlocc. Wæt bið þæt eage.