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Riddle 44

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Wrætlic hongað      bi weres þeo,
frean under sceate.      Foran is þyrel.
Bið stiþ ond heard,      stede hafað godne;
þonne se esne      his agen hrægl
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ofer cneo hefeð,      wile þæt cuþe hol
mid his hangellan      heafde gretan
þæt he efenlang ær      oft gefylde.