Riddle 17
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Riddle 17

Riddle 17

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic eom mundbora minre heorde,
eodorwirum fæst, innan gefylled
dryhtgestreona. Dægtidum oft
spæte sperebrogan; sped biþ þy mare
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fylle minre. Frea þæt bihealdeð,
hu me of hrife fleogað hyldepilas.
Hwilum ic sweartum swelgan onginne
brunum beadowæpnum, bitrum ordum,
eglum attorsperum. Is min innað til,
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wombhord wlitig, wloncum deore;
men gemunan þæt me þurh muþ fareð.
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