Riddle 72 — Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records))

Ic wæs lytel fo... ...te geaf ...pe þe unc gemæne sweostor min, fedde mec ...... oft ic feower teah swæse broþor, þara onsundran gehwylc dægtidum me drincan sealde þurh þyrel þearle. Ic þæh on lust, oþþæt ic wæs yldra ond þæt an forlet sweartum hyrde, siþade widdor, mearcpaþas Walas træd, moras pæðde, bunden under beame, beag hæfde on healse, wean on laste weorc þrowade,

earfoða dæl. Oft mec isern scod sare on sidan; ic swigade, næfre meldade monna ængum gif me ordstæpe egle wæron.