Riddle 54

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Hyse cwom gangan,         þær he hie wisse
stondan in wincsele,         stop feorran to,
hror hægstealdmon,         hof his agen
hrægl hondum up,         hrand under gyrdels

5

hyre stondendre         stiþes nathwæt,
worhte his willan;         wagedan buta.
þegn onnette,         wæs þragum nyt
tillic esne,         teorode hwæþre
æt stunda gehwam         strong ær þon hio,

10

werig þæs weorces.         Hyre weaxan ongon
under gyrdelse         þæt oft gode men
ferðþum freogað         ond mid feo bicgað.