Ic eom æþelinges æht ond willa.
Ic eom æþelinges eaxlgestealla,
fyrdrinces gefara, frean minum leof,
cyninges geselda. Cwen mec hwilum
hwitloccedu hond on legeð,
eorles dohtor, …
Solution: Horn, Falcon, Hawk, Spear, Sword, Scabbard
Ic eom byledbreost, belcedsweora,
heafod hæbbe ond heane steort,
eagan ond earan ond ænne foot,
hrycg ond heardnebb, hneccan steapne
ond sidan twa, sag[ol]* on middum,
eard ofer ældum. Aglac dreoge,
þær mec wegeð se þe wudu hrereð,
ond mec stondende streamas beatað,
hægl se hearda, ond hrim þeceð,
[.]orst …
Solution: Weathercock, Ship, Visored helmet
Wiht is [………………….
……] gongende, greate swilgeð,
[…………………….
……] fell ne flæsc, fotum gong[..
………………………..]eð,
sceal mæla gehwam [……………………….]
Solution: Crab, harrow
Frod wæs min fromcynn […]
biden in burgum, siþþan bæles weard
[…] wera lige (1) bewunden,
fyre gefælsad. Nu me fah warað
eorþan broþor, se me ærest wearð
gumena to gyrne. Ic ful gearwe gemon
hwa min fromcynn fruman agette
eall of eard; …
Solution: Ore; metal; gold; coins; revenant; spirit
An wiht is on eorþan wundrum acenned,
hreoh ond reþe, hafað ryne strongne,
grimme grymetað ond be grunde fareð.
Modor is monigra mærra wihta.
5 Fæger ferende fundað æfre;
neol is nearograp. Nænig oþrum mæg
wlite ond wisan wordum gecyþan,
hu mislic biþ mægen þara cynna,
fyrn forðgesceaft; fæder …
Solution: Water
Nis min sele swige, ne ic sylfa hlud
ymb * * *(1) unc dryhten scop
siþ ætsomne. Ic eom swiftre þonne he,
þragum strengra, he þreohtigra.
Hwilum ic me reste; he sceal yrnan forð. …
Solution: Fish and River, Body and Soul
Wiht cwom gongan þær weras sæton
monige on mæðle, mode snottre;
hæfde an eage ond earan twa,
ond II fet, XII hund heafda,
hrycg ond wombe ond honda twa,
earmas …
Solution: One-eyed Seller of Garlic (yes, really…)
Ic seah wundorlice wiht; wombe hæfde micle,
þryþum geþrunge. Þegn folgade,
mægenstrong ond mundrof; micel me þuhte
godlic gumrinc; grap on sona,
heofones toþe * * *
bleowe on eage; hio borcade,
wancode willum. Hio wolde seþeah
niol……
Solution: Bellows
……..]ond sumor mi[…………….
……………]me wæs min ti[…..
……………………
5 …]d ic on staðol[………………..
……….]um geong, swa[……….
……………..]seþeana
oft geond [………………..]fgeaf,
ac ic uplong stod, þær ic [………]
10 ond min broþor; begen wæron hearde.
Eard wæs þy weorðra þe wit on stodan,
hyrstum þy hyrra. …
Solution: Antler, Inkhorn, Horn, Body and Soul
wombe hæfde [……………….
………..]tne, leþre wæs beg[…….
………………………]on hindan.
Grette wea[…………………..
………………...] listum worhte,
hwilum eft [……………………
………..…] þygan, him þoncade,
siþþan u[………………………
….] swæsendum …
Solution: Too fragmentary to guess, though Bellows and Leather Bottle have been tentatively suggested
obcu[..]it agnus * * *(1) et capit viscera lupi.
Dum starem et mirarem, vidi gloriam magnam:
duo lupi stantes et tertium tribulantes …
Solution: Lamb of God, Web and Loom, Candelabra
searopila wund, sworfen feole.
Oft ic begine þæt me ongean sticað,
þonne ic hnitan sceal, hringum gyrded,
5 hearde wið heardum, …
Solution: Key, Keyhole
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