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Riddle 67
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Ic on þinge gefrægn þeodcyninges
wrætlice wiht, wordgaldra
...... snytt... hio symle deð
fira gehw...
- 5
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wisdome. Wundor me þæt
nænne muð hafað
fet ne
welan oft sacað,
cwiþeð cy... wearð
- 10
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leoda lareow. Forþon nu longe mæg
...... ealdre ece lifgan
missenlice, þenden menn bugað
eorþan sceatas. Ic þæt oft geseah
golde gegierwed, þær guman druncon,
- 15
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since ond seolfre. Secge se þe cunne,
wisfæstra hwylc, hwæt seo wiht sy.