Riddle 88
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Ic weox þær ic s...
ond sumor mi...
...me wæs min ti...
......
5
...d ic on staðol...
...um geong, swa
seþeana
oft geond ...fgeaf,
ac ic uplong stod, þær ic ......
10
ond min broþor; begen wæron
hearde.
Eard wæs þy weorðra þe wit on
stodan,
hyrstum þy hyrra. Ful oft unc holt wrugon,
wudubeama helm wonnum nihtum,
scildon wið scurum; unc gescop meotud.
15
Nu unc mæran twam magas uncre
sculon æfter cuman, eard oðþringan
gingran broþor. Eom ic gumcynnes
anga ofer eorþan; is min agen
bæc
wonn ond wundorlic. Ic on wuda stonde
20
bordes on ende. Nis min broþor her,
ac ic sceal broþorleas bordes on ende
staþol weardian, stondan fæste;
ne wat hwær min broþor on wera æhtum
eorþan sceata eardian sceal,
25
se me ær be healfe heah eardade.
Wit wæron gesome sæcce to fremmanne;
næfre uncer awþer his ellen cyðde,
swa wit þære beadwe begen ne onþungan.
Nu mec unsceafta innan slitað,
30
wyrdaþ mec be wombe; ic gewendan ne mæg.
æt þam spore findeð sped se þe
se...
sawle rædes.
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