Old English Reading 1: Appendix, Texts Exeter Book Riddle 25 Source: Wikipedia, Exeter Book, section "Riddles", Riddle 25 as printed there; the article cites Marsden (2015), The Cambridge Old English Reader. The dot marks the half-line break. Licence: Wikipedia text is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The riddle is a medieval text. Note: The full stops and half-line dots are the editor's. I do not know whether these eleven lines are the whole riddle. Old English only. The editors' marks are kept; no gloss or translation. Ic eom wunderlicu wiht · wifum on hyhte neahbuendum nyt; · nægum sceþþe burgsittendra nymthe · bonan anum. Staþol min is steapheah · stonde ic on bedde neoðan ruh nathwær. · Neþeð hwilum ful cyrtenu · ceorles dohtor modwlonc meowle · þæt heo on mec gripe ræseð mec on reodne · reafath min heafod fegeð mec on fæsten. · Feleþ sona mines gemotes · seo þe mec nearwað wif wundenlocc. · Wæt bið þæt eage.