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Riddle 84

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

An wiht is on eorþan      wundrum acenned,
hreoh ond reþe,      hafað ryne strongne,
grimme grymetað      ond be grunde fareð.
Modor is monigra      mærra wihta.
5
Fæger ferende      fundað æfre;
neol is nearograp.      Nænig oþrum mæg
wlite ond wisan      wordum gecyþan,
hu mislic biþ      mægen þara cynna,
fyrn forðgesceaft;      fæder ealle bewat
10
or ond ende,      swylce an sunu,
mære meotudes bearn,      þurh ...ed,
ond þæt hyhste mæge...      ...es gæ...
     dyre cræft...
......
15
...onne hy aweorp...     
...þe ænig þara     
...fter ne mæg     
oþer cynn      eorþan
     þon ær wæs
20
wlitig ond wynsum,     
Biþ sio moddor      mægene eacen,
wundrum bewreþed,      wistum gehladen,
hordum gehroden,      hæleþum dyre.
Mægen bið gemiclad,      meaht gesweotlad,
25
wlite biþ geweorþad      wuldornyttingum,
wynsum wuldorgimm      wloncum getenge,
clængeorn bið ond cystig,      cræfte eacen;
hio biþ eadgum leof,      earmum getæse,
freolic, sellic;      fromast ond swiþost,
30
gifrost ond grædgost      grundbedd trideþ,
þæs þe under lyfte      aloden wurde
ond ælda bearn      eagum sawe,
swa þæt wuldor wifeð,      worldbearna mægen,
þeah þe ferþum gleaw     
35
mon mode snottor      mengo wundra.
Hrusan bið heardra,      hæleþum frodra,
geofum bið gearora,      gimmum deorra;
worulde wlitigað,      wæstmum tydreð,
firene dwæsceð,     
40
oft utan beweorpeð      anre þecene,
wundrum gewlitegad,      geond werþeode,
þæt wafiað      weras ofer eorþan,
þæt magon micle      ...sceafte.
Biþ stanum bestreþed,      stormum
45
...len      ...timbred weall,
þrym...      ...ed,
hrusan hrineð,      h...
     ...etenge,
oft searwum biþ     
50
     deaðe ne feleð,
þeah þe     
...du hreren,      hrif wundigen,
     ...risse.
Hordword onhlid,      hæleþum ge...
55
...wreoh,      wordum geopena,
hu mislic sy      mægen þara cy....




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