Riddle 81
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Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Ic eom byledbreost, belcedsweora,
heafod hæbbe ond heane steort,
eagan ond earan ond ænne foot,
hrycg ond heardnebb, hneccan steapne
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ond sidan twa, sag on middum,
eard ofer ældum. Aglac dreoge,
þær mec wegeð se þe wudu hrereð,
ond mec stondende streamas beatað,
hægl se hearda, ond hrim þeceð,
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...orst ...eoseð, ond fealleð snaw
on þyrelwombne, ond ic þæt ...ol...
mæ... wonsceaft mine.
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