
Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 77 of 343
Riddle 36
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic wiht geseah on wege feran, seo wæs wrætlice wundrum gegierwed. Hæfde feowere fet under wombe ond ehtuwe monn h w M wiif m x l kf wf hors qxxs ufon on hrycge; hæfde tu fiþru ond twelf eagan ond siex heafdu. Saga hwæt hio wære. For flodwegas; ne wæs þæt na fugul ana, ac þær wæs æghwylces anra gelicnes horses ond monnes, hundes ond fugles, ond eac wifes wlite. þu wast, gif þu const, to gesecganne, þæt we soð witan, hu þære wihte wise gonge.