Riddles 88

Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 239-40; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
 
Ic weox þær ic s/     
 
ond sumor      mi/
 
/me      wæs min ti/
[...]
 
/d ic on staðol/     
5
/um geong,      swa
 
     seþeana
 
oft geond      /fgeaf,
 
ac ic uplong stod,      þær ic [...]
 
ond min[?] broþor;      begen wæron hearde.
10
Eard wæs þy weorðra      þe wit on stodan,
 
hyrstum þy hyrra.      Ful oft unc holt wrugon,
 
wudubeama helm      wonnum nihtum,
 
scildon wið scurum;      unc gescop meotud.
 
Nu unc mæran twam      magas uncre
15
sculon æfter cuman,      eard oðþringan
 
gingran broþor.      Eom ic gumcynnes
 
anga ofer eorþan;      is min agen[?] bæc
 
wonn ond wundorlic.      Ic on wuda stonde
 
bordes on ende.      Nis min broþor her,
20
ac ic sceal broþorleas      bordes on ende
 
staþol weardian,      stondan[?] fæste;
 
ne wat hwær min broþor      on wera æhtum
 
eorþan sceata      eardian sceal,
 
se me ær be healfe      heah eardade.
25
Wit wæron gesome      sæcce to fremmanne;
 
næfre uncer awþer      his ellen cyðde,
 
swa wit þære beadwe      begen ne onþungan.
 
Nu[?] mec unsceafta      innan slitað,
 
wyrdaþ mec be wombe;      ic gewendan ne mæg.
30
æt þam spore findeð      sped se þe se/
 
     sawle rædes.