Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book/12

12 (K-D 66)

I am greater    than all this world is,
less than the handworm,    brighter than the moon,
swifter than the sun.    All seas and waters
are in my embraces,    and the bosom of earth
and the green fields.    I reach to the ground,
I descend below hell,    I rise above the heavens,
the land of glory.    I extend far over
the home of angels.    I fill the earth,
the whole wide world    and the ocean currents,
all by myself.    Say what my name is.

This is plainly a condensed version of the preceding riddle, Creation.