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Riddle 93
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Frea min
...de willum sinum,
......
heah ond hyht...
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...rpne, hwilum
...wilum sohte
frea... ...s wod,
dægrime frod, deo... ...s ,
hwilum stealc hliþo stigan sceolde
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up in eþel, hwilum eft gewat
in deop dalu duguþe secan
strong on stæpe, stanwongas grof
hrimighearde, hwilum hara scoc
forst of feaxe. Ic on fusum rad
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oþþæt him þone gleawstol gingra broþor
min agnade ond mec of earde adraf.
Siþþan mec isern innanweardne
brun bennade; blod ut ne com,
heolfor of hreþre, þeah mec heard bite
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stiðecg style. No ic þa stunde bemearn,
ne for wunde weop, ne wrecan meahte
on wigan feore wonnsceaft mine,
ac ic aglæca ealle þolige,
þæt ...e bord biton. Nu ic blace swelge
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wuda ond wætre, w... ...b... befæðme
þæt mec on fealleð ufan þær ic stonde,
eorpes nathwæt; hæbbe anne fot.
Nu min hord warað hiþende feond,
se þe ær wide bær wulfes gehleþan;
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oft me of wombe bewaden fereð,
steppeð on stið bord,
deaþes d... þonne dægcondel,
sunne
...eorc eagum wliteð
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ond spe....