Riddle 73

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic on wonge aweox,         wunode þær mec feddon
hruse ond heofonwolcn,         oþþæt me onhwyrfdon
gearum frodne,         þa me grome wurdon,
of þære gecynde         þe ic ær cwic beheold,

5

onwendan mine wisan,         wegedon mec of earde,
gedydon þæt ic sceolde         wiþ gesceape minum
on bonan willan         bugan hwilum.
Nu eom mines frean         folme bysigo...
...dlan dæl,         gif his ellen deag,

10

oþþe æfter dome         ...ri...
...an         mæ... ...þa fremman,
wyrcan w...        
...ec on þeode         utan we...
        ...ipe

15

ond to wrohtstæp...        
...eorp,         eaxle gegyrde,
wo...        
ond swiora smæl,         sidan fealwe
        þonne mec heaþosigel

20

scir bescineð         ond mec ......
fægre feormað         ond on fyrd wigeð
cræfte on hæfte.         Cuð is wide
þæt ic þristra sum         þeofes cræfte
under hrægnlocan        

25

hwilum eawunga         eþelfæsten
forðweard brece,         þæt ær frið hæfde.
Feringe from,         he fus þonan
wendeð of þam wicum.         Wiga se þe mine
wisan cunne,         saga hwæt ic hatte.