Riddle 47

Source:

"Riddle 47." The Exeter Book. Eds. George Philip Krapp and Elliott van Kirk Dobbie. New York, N.Y. Columbia University Press, 1936. 205

1 Moððe word fræt.         Me þæt þuhte
2 wrætlicu wyrd,         þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn,
3 þæt se wyrm forswealg         wera gied sumes,
4 þeof in þystro,         þrymfæstne cwide
5 ond þæs strangan staþol.         Stælgiest ne wæs
6 wihte þy gleawra,         þe he þam wordum swealg.