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. |