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Riddle 30b
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Ic eom ligbysig, lace mid winde,
w... ...dre gesomnad,
fus forðweges, fyre gemylted,
bear... blowende, byrnende gled.
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Ful oft mec gesiþas sendað æfter hondum,
þær mec weras ond wif wlonce gecyssað.
þonne ic mec onhæbbe, hi onhnigað to me,
modge miltsum, swa ic mongum sceal
ycan upcyme eadignesse.