The Old Ways

Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 47 of 343

Riddle 6

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Mec gesette soð sigora waldend Crist to compe. Oft ic cwice bærne, unrimu cyn eorþan getenge, næte mid niþe, swa ic him no hrine, þonne mec min frea feohtan hateþ. Hwilum ic monigra mod arete, hwilum ic frefre þa ic ær winne on feorran swiþe; hi þæs felað þeah, swylce þæs oþres, þonne ic eft hyra ofer deop gedreag drohtað bete.