iddle 36 Ic þa wiht geseah      wæpnedcynnes,   This strange creature, a stripling boy,   geoguðmyrþe grædig;      him on gafol forlet   Sought sweet pleasure pumping joy.   ferðfriþende       feower wellan   His nourishing Bess gave him four   scire sceotan      on gesceap þeotan.   White fountains-murmur and roar   Mon maþelade,      se þe me gesægde: 5 To the boy's delight. A bystander said, 5 "Seo wiht, gif hio gedygeð,      duna briceð;   "Alive, that boy will break the downs;   gif he tobirsteð,      bindeð cwice."   Dead, he'll bind and wrap us round."   solution