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The Leiden Riddle
Verse Early
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Mec se ueta uong, uundrum freorig,
ob his innaðae aerest cændæ.
Ni uaat ic mec biuorthæ uullan fliusum,
herum ðerh hehcraeft, hygiðonc....
- 5
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Uundnae me ni biað ueflæ, ni ic uarp hafæ,
ni ðerih ðreatun giðraec ðret me hlimmith,
ne me hrutendu hrisil scelfath,
ni mec ouana aam sceal cnyssa.
Uyrmas mec ni auefun uyrdi craeftum,
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ða ði geolu godueb geatum fraetuath.
Uil mec huethrae suae ðeh uidæ ofaer eorðu
hatan mith heliðum hyhtlic giuæde;
ni anoegun ic me aerigfaerae egsan brogum,
ðeh ði n... ...n siæ niudlicae ob cocrum.