Exeter Riddle 37

From Cunnan

This is the 37th riddle from The Exeter Book.

Translation

I saw a creature     with its stomach behind
And greatly swollen.     A servant grasped it,
A mighty man,     whose muscles laboured
'Til that which filled it     flew from its eye.
It did not die,     disgorged of it contents
Given to others,     but got back again
Health to its breast,     Its breath hallowed.
From its father     it formed a son.

           Translation by Conrad Leviston.

Original

Ic þa wihte geseah;  womb wæs on hindan 
þriþum aþrunten.  þegn folgade, 
mægenrofa man,  ond micel hæfde 
gefered þæt hit felde,  fleah þurh his eage. 
Ne swylteð he symle,  þonne syllan sceal 
innað þam oþrum,  ac him eft cymeð 
bot in bosme,  blæd biþ aræred; 
he sunu wyrceð,  bið him sylfa fæder. 

Answer

bellows