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Riddle 34

Riddle 34

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic wiht geseah in wera burgum,
seo þæt feoh fedeð. Hafað fela toþa;
nebb biþ hyre æt nytte, niþerweard gongeð,
hiþeð holdlice ond to ham tyhð,
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wæþeð geond weallas, wyrte seceð;
aa heo þa findeð, þa þe fæst ne biþ;
læteð hio þa wlitigan, wyrtum fæste,
stille stondan on staþolwonge,
beorhte blican, blowan ond growan.
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