
Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 71 of 343
Riddle 30
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic eom legbysig, lace mid winde, bewunden mid wuldre, wedre gesomnad, fus forðweges, fyre gebysgad, bearu blowende, byrnende gled. Ful oft mec gesiþas sendað æfter hondum, þæt mec weras ond wif wlonce cyssað. þonne ic mec onhæbbe, ond hi onhnigaþ to me monige mid miltse, þær ic monnum sceal ycan upcyme eadignesse.