Riddle 8

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic þurh muþ sprece      mongum reordum,
wrencum singe,      wrixle geneahhe
heafodwoþe,      hlude cirme,
healde mine wisan,      hleoþre ne miþe,

5

eald æfensceop,      eorlum bringe
blisse in burgum,      þonne ic bugendre
stefne styrme;      stille on wicum
sittað nigende.      Saga hwæt ic hatte,
þe swa scirenige      sceawendwisan

10

hlude onhyrge,      hæleþum bodige
wilcumena fela      woþe minre.