Riddle 59
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Ic seah in healle hring gyldenne
men sceawian, modum gleawe,
ferþþum frode. Friþospede
bæd
god nergende gæste sinum
5
se þe wende wriþan; word æfter cwæð
hring on hyrede, hælend nemde
tillfremmendra. Him torhte in gemynd
his dryhtnes naman dumba brohte
ond in eagna gesihð, gif þæs æþelan
10
goldes tacen ongietan cuþe
ond dryhtnes dolg,
don swa þæs beages
benne cwædon. Ne mæg þære bene
æniges monnes ungefullodre
godes ealdorburg gæst gesecan,
15
rodera ceastre. Ræde, se þe wille,
hu ðæs wrætlican wunda cwæden
hringes to hæleþum, þa he in healle
wæs
wylted ond wended wloncra folmum.
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