iddle 39 *    *     *    edniwu;   This mother sustains the myriad creatures   þæt is moddor     monigra cynna,   Of middle-earth-the brightest, the best,   þæs selestan,     þæs sweartestan,   The darkest, the dearest--the children of men   þæs deorestan     þæs þe dryhta bearn   May joyfully own or usefully rule   ofer foldan sceat     to gefean agen. 5 In this wide world. Without her children 5 Ne magon we her in eorþan     owiht lifgan,   We would not survive. How she mothers   nymðe we brucen     þæs þa bearn doð.   And who she is remains a riddle. The wise   Þæt is to geþencanne     þeoda gehwylcum,   And worldly ought to know this creature's name.   wisfæstum werum,     hwæt seo wiht sy.       solution