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Riddle 86

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Wiht cwom gongan      þær weras sæton
monige on mæðle,      mode snottre;
hæfde an eage      ond earan twa,
ond II fet,      XII hund heafda,
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hrycg ond wombe      ond honda twa,
earmas ond eaxle,      anne sweoran
ond sidan twa.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.