Hals is min hwit ond heafod fealo,
sidan swa some. Swift ic eom on feþe,
beadowæpen bere. Me on bæce standað
her swylce swe on hleorum. Hlifiað tu
5 earan ofer eagum. Ordum ic steppe
in grene græs. …
Solution: Badger, Fox, Porcupine, Hedgehog, Weasel
Oft ic sceal wiþ wæge winnan ond wiþ winde feohtan
somod wið þam sæcce, þonne ic secan gewite
eorþan yþum þeaht; me biþ se eþel fremde.
Ic beom strong þæs gewinnes, gif ic stille weorþe;
5 gif me þæs tosæleð, hi beoð swiþran þonne …
Solution: Anchor
Ic eom mundbora minre heorde,
eodorwirum fæst, innan gefylled
dryhtgestreona. Dægtidum oft
spæte sperebrogan; sped biþ þy mare
5 fylle minre. Frea þæt bihealdeð,
hu me of hrife fleogað hyldepilas.
Hwilum ic sweartum swelgan onginne
brunum beadowæpnum, bitrum ordum,
eglum attorsperum. Is min innað til,
10 wombhord wlitig, wloncum deore; …
Solution: Ballista, Fortress, Quiver, Bee-skep, etc
Ic eom wunderlicu wiht; ne mæg word sprecan,
mældan for monnum, þeah ic muþ hæbbe,
wide wombe
Ic wæs on ceole ond mines cnosles ma.
Solution: Jug, Amphora, Cask, Leather bottle, Inkhorn, Phallus
Ic on siþe seah . ᛋ ᚱ ᚩ
ᚻ . hygewloncne, heafodbeortne,
swiftne ofer sælwong swiþe þrægan.
Hæfde him on hrycge hildeþryþe
5 . ᚾ ᚩ ᛗ . nægledne rad
. ᚪ ᚷ ᛖ ᚹ. Widlast ferede
rynestrong on rade rofne . ᚳ ᚩ …
Solution: Ship, Falconry/Horseman and hawk [sometimes with wagon/servant] and Writing
Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, on gewin sceapen,
frean minum leof, fægre gegyrwed.
Byrne is min bleofag, swylce beorht seomað
wir ymb þone wælgim þe me waldend geaf,
5 se me widgalum wisað hwilum
sylfum to sace. Þonne ic sinc …
Solution: Sword, Falcon/Hawk, Phallus
Neb is min niþerweard; neol ic fere
ond be grunde græfe, geonge swa me wisað
har holtes feond, ond hlaford min
woh færeð weard æt steorte,
5 wrigaþ on wonge, wegeð mec on þyð,
saweþ on swæð min. Ic snyþige forð,
brungen of bearwe, bunden cræfte,
wegen on wægne, hæbbe …
Solution: Plough
Ætsomne cwom LX monna
to wægstæþe wicgum ridan;
hæfdon XI eoredmæcgas
fridhengestas, IIII sceamas.
5 Ne meahton magorincas ofer mere feolan,
swa hi fundedon, ac wæs flod to deop,
atol yþa geþræc, ofras hea,
streamas stronge. Ongunnon stigan þa
on wægn weras …
Solution: Ursa Major, (days of the) month, bridge, New Year, stars
Agof is min noma eft onhwyrfed;
ic eom wrætlic wiht on gewin sceapen.
Þonne ic onbuge, ond me of bosme fareð
ætren onga, ic beom eallgearo
5 þæt ic me þæt feorhbealo feor aswape.
Siþþan me se waldend, …
Solution: Bow
Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wræsne mine stefne,
hwilum beorce swa hund, hwilum blæte swa gat,
hwilum græde swa gos, hwilum gielle swa hafoc,
hwilum ic onhyrge þone haswan earn,
5 guðfugles hleoþor, hwilum glidan reorde
muþe gemæne, hwilum mæwes …
Solution: Jay, Magpie, Woodpecker
Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wifum on hyhte,
neahbuendum nyt; nængum sceþþe
burgsittendra, nymþe bonan anum.
Staþol min is steapheah, stonde ic on bedde,
5 neoþan ruh nathwær. Neþeð hwilum
ful cyrtenu ceorles dohtor,
modwlonc meowle, þæt heo on mec gripeð,
ræseð mec on reodne, reafað min heafod,
fegeð mec on …
Solution: Onion, leek, mustard, phallus, etc.
Mec feonda sum feore besnyþede,
woruldstrenga binom, wætte siþþan,
dyfde on wætre, dyde eft þonan,
sette on sunnan, þær ic swiþe beleas
5 herum þam þe ic hæfde. Heard mec siþþan
snað seaxses ecg, sindrum begrunden;
fingras …
Solution: Book, Bible, Gospel Book
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