Riddle 43

14 Dec 21
fols. 112r–112v
  • Ic wat indryhtne æþelum deorne
  • giest in geardum, þam se grimma ne mæg
  • hungor sceððan ne se hata þurst,
  • yldo ne adle. Gif him arlice
  • esne þenað, se þe agan sceal
  • on þam siðfate, hy gesunde æt ham
  • findað witode him wiste ond blisse,
  • cnosles unrim, care, gif se esne
  • his hlaforde hyreð yfle,
  • frean on fore. Ne wile forht wesan
  • broþor oþrum; him þæt bam sceðeð,
  • þonne hy from bearme begen hweorfað
  • anre magan ellorfuse,
  • moddor ond sweostor. Mon, se þe wille,
  • cyþe cynewordum hu se cuma hatte,
  • eðþa se esne, þe ic her ymb sprice|
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