Arts & Sciences

Riddle 36 (Old English)

by Anonymous (Old English) c. 7th–11th century

From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)

Arts & Sciences

Ic wiht geseah on wege feran,
seo wæs wrætlice wundrum gegierwed.
Hæfde feowere fet under wombe
ond ehtuwe
monn h w M wiif m x l kf wf hors qxxs
ufon on hrycge;
hæfde tu fiþru ond twelf eagan
ond siex heafdu. Saga hwæt hio wære.
For flodwegas; ne wæs þæt na fugul ana,
ac þær wæs æghwylces anra gelicnes
horses ond monnes, hundes ond fugles,
ond eac wifes wlite. þu wast, gif þu const,
to gesecganne, þæt we soð witan,
hu þære wihte wise gonge.

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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 36 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/107/.

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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 36 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/107/.

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