Riddle
7 from the Exeter Book
Hręgl mīn
swīgaš Žonne ic
hrūsan trede
garment my
is silent when I earth tread
oŽŽe Žā wīc
būge oŽŽe wado
drēfe.
or the
dwellings inhabit or
waters stir up.
3 Hwīlum mec āhebbaš ofer hęleŽa byht
hyrste mīne and
Žēos hēa lyft,
ornaments my and this
high air,
and mec
Žonne wīde wolcna strengu
and me
then widely clouds strength
6 ofer folc
byreš; frętwa* mīne
over folk
bears trappings my
swōgaš hlūde and swinsiaš,
resound loudly and sound,
torhte
singaš,
Žonne ic getenge ne bēom
brightly sing, when
I touching not
am
9 flōde and
foldan, fērende gęst.
flood and
earth, traveling spirit.
*MS
frętwe