< Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book < Annotated
71 (k-d 64)
| I saw W and I going over the plain bearing B E. For them both as they went was the owner’s joy; H and A very strong. TH and E; the F and A rejoiced; flew over EA S and F of the people themselves. |
Ic seah · ᚹ · ⁊ · ᛁ · ofer wong faran beran · ᛒ · ᛖ · bæm wæs on siþþe hæbbendes hyht · ᚻ · ⁊ · ᚪ · swylce þryþa dæl · ᚦ · ⁊ · ᛖ · gefeah · ᚠ · ⁊ · ᚫ · fleah ofer · ᛠ ᛋ · ⁊ · ᛈ · sylfes þæs folces |
W and I is for wicg, ‘horse’: B E for beorn, ‘man’; H and A for haofoc, ‘hawk’; TH for þeow, ‘slave,’ or þegn, ‘thane’; F and AE possibly for fælca, ‘falcon’; EA for ear, ‘ground’ or ea, ‘water’; S and P for spere, ‘spear.’ In brief: “I saw a man riding along on horseback with a hawk which was his joy (and pride). They were all happy, the man, the horse, the servant, and the hawk also; it flew over the water (or the ground).” F in the last line must be a mistake for P.
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