Tygelwīg

(Edlǣded of Tygelwíg)

Þæt tygelwīg, ēac rāp-pullung gehāten, is gamen þæt þe twēgen menniscan tēamas swincaþ wiþ ǣghwæðerne ōðerne þæt ān meahte tācnian his strengþe.

Tygelwīg

Þā twēo tēamas mid eahtum lēodwerum scoldon standan æt þæs rāpes endum. Þæt wihte þāra tēama ne meahte oferhlīfan sum tæl gecoren. Þes rāp scolde habban ymbgang mid tīen centimetrum. Man mæt middanprican on þǣm rāp, ēac macode man twēo tācnan æt fēower metras be þissum middanprice.

Þæt wīg þearf onginnan þā hwīle þe middanprica þæs rāpes līþ ofer sum mearce on þǣm eorðum. Æfter þǣm wīg onginnþ, gefandode hwilc tēam pullian þæt ōðer forþ and ofer þǣm eorþmearce. Nān meahte him sittan oþþe feallan, for þǣm sum man sæt oþþe fēoll, his tēam sceal feallan.

Syndrig land habbaþ tygelwīge gemǣnnese, and hīe habbaþ werlice and wīflice plegeras.

Tygelwīg in 1904 Sumora Olympisc Gamen
Tygelwīg mid werlicum and wīflicum plegerum