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Riddle 13

Riddle 13

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic seah turf tredan, X wæron ealra,
VI gebroþor ond hyra sweostor mid;
hæfdon feorg cwico. Fell hongedon
sweotol ond gesyne on seles wæge
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anra gehwylces. Ne wæs hyra ængum þy wyrs,
ne siðe þy sarre, þeah hy swa sceoldon
reafe birofene, rodra weardes
meahtum aweahte, muþum slitan
haswe blede. Hrægl bið geniwad
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þam þe ær forðcymene frætwe leton
licgan on laste, gewitan lond tredan.
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