Riddle 44

Source:

"Riddle 44."The Exeter Book. Eds. George Philip Krapp and Elliott van Kirk Dobbie. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1936. 205.

1 Wrætlic hongað         bi weres þeo,
2 frean under sceate.         Foran is þyrel.
3 Bið stiþ ond heard,         stede hafað godne;
4 þonne se esne         his agen hrægl
5 ofer cneo hefeð,         wile þæt cuþe hol
6 mid his hangellan         heafde gretan
7 þæt he efenlang ær         oft gefylde.