Source:
"Riddle | 2." The Exeter Book. Eds. George Philip Krapp and Elliott van Kirk Dobbie. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1936. 180. |
1 | Hwilum ic gewite, swa ne wenaþ men, |
2 | under yþa geþræc eorþan secan, |
3 | garsecges grund. Gifen biþ gewreged, |
4 | fam gewealcen; |
5 | hwælmere hlimmeð, hlude grimmeð, |
6 | streamas staþu beatað, stundum weorpaþ |
7 | on stealc hleoþa stane ond sonde, |
8 | ware ond wæge, þonne ic winnende, |
9 | holmmægne biþeaht, hrusan styrge, |
10 | side sægrundas. Sundhelme ne mæg |
11 | losian ær mec læte se þe min latteow bið |
12 | on siþa gehwam. Saga, þoncol mon, |
13 | hwa mec bregde of brimes fæþmum, |
14 | þonne streamas eft stille weorþað, |
15 | yþa geþwære, þe mec ær wrugon. |