Riddle 10

Ed. Murray McGillivray. Online Corpus of Old English Poetry (OCOEP). Completed edition. This file last updated 15/5/08.

Neb wæs min on nearwe *,     ond ic neoþan wætre,
flode underflowen,     firgenstreamum
swiþe besuncen,     ond on sunde awox
ufan yþum þeaht,     anum getenge

5

liþendum wuda     lice mine *.
Hæfde feorh cwico,     þa ic of fæðmum cwom
brimes ond beames     on blacum hrægle †.
Sume wæron hwite     hyrste mine,
þa mec lifgende     lyft upp ahof,

10

wind of wæge,     siþþan wide bær
ofer seolhbaþo.     Saga hwæt ic hatte.