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Riddle 63
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Oft ic secga seledreame sceal
fægre onþeon, þonne ic eom forð boren
glæd mid golde, þær guman drincað.
Hwilum mec on cofan cysseð muþe
- 5
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tillic esne, þær wit tu beoþ,
fæðme on folm... ...grum þyð,
wyrceð his willa... ...ð l...
fulre, þonne ic forð cyme
......
- 10
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Ne mæg ic þy miþan,
...an on leohte
......
swylce eac bið sona
...r... ...te getacnad, hwæt me to
- 15
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...leas rinc, þa unc geryde wæs.