The Old Ways

Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 118 of 343

Riddle 80

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic eom æþelinges eaxlgestealla, fyrdrinces gefara, frean minum leof, cyninges geselda. Cwen mec hwilum hwitloccedu hond on legeð, eorles dohtor, þeah hio æþelu sy. Hæbbe me on bosme þæt on bearwe geweox. Hwilum ic on wloncum wicge ride herges on ende; heard is min tunge. Oft ic woðboran wordleana sum agyfe æfter giedde. Good is min wise ond ic sylfa salo. Saga hwæt ic hatte.