Hwær cwom mearg? Hwær cwom mago?
Hwær cwom maþþumgyfa?
Hwær cwom symbla gesetu?
Hwær sindon seledreamas?
Eala beorht bune!
Eala byrnwiga!
Eala þeodnes þrym!
Hu seo þrag gewat,
genap under nihthelm,
swa heo no wære.
Stondeð nu on laste
—
From “The Wanderer”
Yay for Old English!
(via psychoviolinist)
Old English! Haven’t seen it in years. I did my senior thesis on the Old English riddles, approximately one zillion years ago. Rock on, Psychoviolinist!
