Riddle 8

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic þurh muþ sprece         mongum reordum,
wrencum singe,         wrixle geneahhe
heafodwoþe,         hlude cirme,
healde mine wisan,         hleoþre ne miþe,

5

eald æfensceop,         eorlum bringe
blisse in burgum,         þonne ic bugendre
stefne styrme;         stille on wicum
sittað nigende.         Saga hwæt ic hatte,
þe swa scirenige         sceawendwisan

10

hlude onhyrge,         hæleþum bodige
wilcumena fela         woþe minre.