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Riddle 38
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Ic þa wiht geseah wæpnedcynnes,
geoguðmyrþe grædig; him on gafol forlet
ferðfriþende feower wellan
scire sceotan, on gesceap þeotan.
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Mon maþelade, se þe me gesægde:
"Seo wiht, gif hio gedygeð, duna briceð;
gif he tobirsteð, bindeð cwice."