thaem neidfaerae ‖ naenig uuiurthit thoncsnottura, ‖ than him tharf sie to ymbhycggannae ‖ aer his hiniongae huaet his gastae ‖ godaes aeththa yflaes aefter deothdaege ‖ doemid uueorthae. Cædmon's Hymn Nū scylun hergan ‖ hefaenrīcaes Uard, metudæs maecti ‖ end his mōdgidanc, uerc Uuldurfadur, ‖ suē hē uundra gihwaes, ēci dryctin ‖ ōr āstelidæ hē ǣrist scōp ‖ aelda barnum heben til hrōfe, ‖ hāleg scepen. Thā middungeard ‖ moncynnæs Uard, eci Dryctin, ‖ æfter tīadæ firum foldu, ‖ Frēa allmectig. The Leiden Riddle Mec se uēta uong, uundrum frēorig, ob his innaðae rest cændæ. Ni ut ic mec biuorthæ uullan flsum, hērum ðerh hēhcraeft, hygiðonc.... Uundnae mē ni bīað ueflæ, ni ic uarp hafæ, ni ðerih ðreatun giðraec ðrēt mē hlimmith, ne mē hrūtendu hrīsil scelfath, ni mec ōuana m sceal cnyssa. Uyrmas mec ni āuēfun uyrdi craeftum, ðā ði geolu gōdueb geatum fraetuath. Uil mec huethrae su ðēh uīdæ ofaer eorðu hātan mith hæliðum hyhtlic giuǣde; ni angun ic mē rigfaerae egsan brōgum, ðēh ði n... ...n sīæ nīudlicae ob cocrum. Ruthwell Cross inscription Krist wæs on rodi hwethræ ther fusæ fearran kwomu æththilæ til anum ic thæt al bih[eald]. Mith strelum giwundad alegdun hiæ hinæ limwoerignæ gistoddun him (æt his licæs heafdum). Notes Further reading Sweet, H., ed. (1885) The Oldest English Texts: glossaries, the Vespasian Psalter, and other works written before A.D. 900. London: for the Early English Text Society Sweet, H., ed. (1946) Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader; 10th ed., revised by C. T. Onions. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ("Northumbrian texts"—pp. 166–169) Languages attested from the 7th century Old English dialects Northumbria Language articles with unknown extinction date