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Riddle 91
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Min heafod is homere geþuren,
searopila wund, sworfen feole.
Oft ic begine þæt me ongean sticað,
þonne ic hnitan sceal, hringum gyrded,
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hearde wið heardum, hindan þyrel,
forð ascufan þæt mines frean
mod ᚹ freoþað middelnihtum.
Hwilum ic under bæc bregde nebbe,
hyrde þæs hordes, þonne min hlaford wile
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lafe þicgan þara þe he of life het
wælcræfte awrecan willum sinum.