Riddle 9

Ed. Murray McGillivray. Online Corpus of Old English Poetry (OCOEP). Completed edition. This file last updated 14/5/07.

Mec on þissum dagum     deadne ofgeafun †
fæder ond modor;     ne wæs me feorh þa gen,
ealdor in innan.     Þa mec ongon
welhold mege     wedum þeccan, †

5

heold ond freoþode,     hleosceorpe wrah
swa arlice †     swa hire agen bearn,
oþþæt ic under sceate,     swa min gesceapu wæron,
ungesibbum wearð     eacen gæste.
Mec seo friþe mæg     fedde siþþan,

10

oþþæt ic aweox,     widdor meahte
siþas asettan.     Heo hæfde swæsra þy læs
suna ond dohtra,     þy heo swa dyde.