Riddle 10

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Neb wæs min on nearwe,      ond ic neoþan wætre,
flode underflowen,      firgenstreamum
swiþe besuncen,      ond on sunde awox
ufan yþum þeaht,      anum getenge

5

liþendum wuda      lice mine.
Hæfde feorh cwico,      þa ic of fæðmum cwom
brimes ond beames      on blacum hrægle;
sume wæron hwite      hyrste mine,
þa mec lifgende      lyft upp ahof,

10

wind of wæge,      siþþan wide bær
ofer seolhbaþo.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.