Riddle 37

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic þa wihte geseah; womb wæs on hindan
þriþum aþrunten. þegn folgade,
mægenrofa man, ond micel hæfde
gefered þæt hit felde, fleah þurh his eage.

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Ne swylteð he symle, þonne syllan sceal
innað þam oþrum, ac him eft cymeð
bot in bosme, blæd biþ aræred;
he sunu wyrceð, bið him sylfa fæder.