Riddle 24

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Verse Indeterminate Saxon

: Ic eom wunderlicu wiht, wræsne mine stefne,
hwilum beorce swa hund, hwilum blæte swa gat,
hwilum græde swa gos, hwilum gielle swa hafoc,
hwilum ic onhyrge þone haswan earn,
5: guðfugles hleoþor, hwilum glidan reorde
muþe gemæne, hwilum mæwes song,
þær ic glado sitte. ᚷ mec nemnað,
swylce ᚫ ond ᚱ ᚩ fullesteð,
ᚻ ond ᛁ. Nu ic haten eom
10: swa þa siex stafas sweotule becnaþ.

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