
Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 94 of 343
Riddle 53
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic seah on bearwe beam hlifian, tanum torhtne. þæt treow wæs on wynne, wudu weaxende. Wæter hine ond eorþe feddan fægre, oþþæt he frod dagum on oþrum wearð aglachade deope gedolgod, dumb in bendum, wriþen ofer wunda, wonnum hyrstum foran gefrætwed. Nu he fæcnum weg þurh his heafdes mægen hildegieste oþrum rymeð. Oft hy an yste strudon hord ætgædre; hræd wæs ond unlæt se æftera, gif se ærra fær genamnan in nearowe neþan moste.