Riddle 45
By Unknown
Ic on wincle gefrægn weaxan nathwæt,
þindan ond þunian, þecene hebban;
on þæt banlease bryd grapode,
hygewlonc hondum, hrægle þeahte
þrindende þing þeodnes dohtor.
Notes:
Original text dates c. 1000, by an unknown author. Source language text is public domain.
Copyright Credit: “Riddle 45” from The Exeter Book, edited by George Philip Krapp and Elliot Van Kirk Dobbie. New York: Columbia University Press, 1936.