Riddle 73
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Ic on wonge aweox, wunode þær
mec feddon
hruse ond heofonwolcn, oþþæt
me onhwyrfdon
gearum frodne, þa me grome wurdon,
of þære gecynde þe ic ær cwic
beheold,
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onwendan mine wisan, wegedon mec of earde,
gedydon þæt ic sceolde wiþ gesceape
minum
on bonan willan bugan hwilum.
Nu eom mines frean folme bysigo...
...dlan dæl, gif his ellen deag,
10
oþþe æfter dome ...ri...
...an mæ... ...þa fremman,
wyrcan w...
...ec on þeode utan we...
...ipe
15
ond to wrohtstæp...
...eorp, eaxle gegyrde,
wo...
ond swiora smæl, sidan fealwe
þonne mec heaþosigel
20
scir bescineð ond mec ......
fægre feormað ond on fyrd wigeð
cræfte on hæfte. Cuð is wide
þæt ic þristra sum
þeofes cræfte
under hrægnlocan
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hwilum eawunga eþelfæsten
forðweard brece, þæt ær frið
hæfde.
Feringe from, he fus þonan
wendeð of þam wicum. Wiga se þe mine
wisan cunne, saga hwæt ic hatte.
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