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Riddle 19
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Ic on siþe seah ᛋ ᚱ ᚩ
ᚻ hygewloncne, heafodbeorhtne,
swiftne ofer sælwong swiþe þrægan.
Hæfde him on hrycge hildeþryþe
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ᚾ ᚩ ᛗ nægledne rad
ᚪ ᚾ ᛖ ᚹ. Widlast ferede
rynestrong on rade rofne ᚳ ᚩ
ᛇ ᚩ ᚪ ᚻ. For wæs þy beorhtre,
swylcra siþfæt. Saga hwæt ic hatte.