iddle 22

Ic eom wunderlicu wiht--     wræsne mine stefne,

 

I'm a strange creature with changing cries

 

hwilum beorce swa hund,     hwilum blæte swa gat,

 

I can bark like a dog, bleat like a goat,

 

hwilum græde swa gos,     hwilum gielle swa hafoc,

 

Honk like a goose, shriek like a hawk.

 

hwilum ic onhyrge     þone haswan earn,

 

Sometimes I imitate the eagle's cry,

 

guðfugles hleoþor,     hwilum glidan reorde

5

The gray warrior's "keee," sometimes the call

5

muþe gemæne,      hwilum mæwes song,

 

Of the kite, sometimes the scream of the gull,

 

þær ic glado sitte.      G mec nemnað,

 

While I sit singing, a saucy mimic.

 

swylce Æ      ond R O fullesteð,

 

My name is spelled with P, A, and G--

 

H ond I.      Nu ic haten eom

 

Also an M, an T, and an S

 

swa þa siex stafas     sweotule becnaþ.

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Say what these six letters clearly spell.

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