The Old Ways

Norse · Anglo-Saxon Poetry · 123 of 343

Riddle 85

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Nis min sele swige, ne ic sylfa hlud ymb ...... unc dryhten scop siþ ætsomne. Ic eom swiftre þonne he, þragum strengra, he þreohtigra. Hwilum ic me reste; he sceal yrnan forð. Ic him in wunige a þenden ic lifge; gif wit unc gedælað, me bið deað witod.