Arts & Sciences
Riddle 19 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Arts & Sciences
Ic on siþe seah ᛋ ᚱ ᚩ
ᚻ hygewloncne, heafodbeorhtne,
swiftne ofer sælwong swiþe þrægan.
Hæfde him on hrycge hildeþryþe
ᚾ ᚩ ᛗ nægledne rad
ᚪ ᚾ ᛖ ᚹ. Widlast ferede
rynestrong on rade rofne ᚳ ᚩ
ᛇ ᚩ ᚪ ᚻ. For wæs þy beorhtre,
swylcra siþfæt. Saga hwæt ic hatte.
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Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 19 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/90/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 19 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/90/.
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