The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Riddle 44
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Wrætlic hongað bi weres þeo,
frean under sceate. Foran is þyrel.
Bið stiþ ond heard, stede hafað godne;
þonne se esne his agen hrægl
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ofer cneo hefeð, wile þæt cuþe
hol
mid his hangellan heafde gretan
þæt he efenlang ær
oft gefylde.