Riddle 9

fols. 103r–103v
  • M2ec on þissum dagum deadne ofgeafun
  • fæder ond modor; ne wæs me feorh þa gen,
  • ealdor in innan. þa mec an ongon,
  • welhold mege, wedum þeccan,
  • heold ond freoþode, hleosceorpe wrah
  • swa arlice swa hire agen bearn,
  • oþþæt ic under sceate, swa min gesceapu wæron,
  • ungesibbum wearð eacen gæste.
  • Mec seo friþe mæg fedde siþþan,
  • oþþæt ic aweox, widdor meahte
  • siþas asettan. Heo hæfde swæsra þy læs
  • suna ond dohtra, þy heo swa dyde|