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Riddle 30b

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic eom ligbysig,      lace mid winde,
w...      ...dre gesomnad,
fus forðweges,      fyre gemylted,
bear... blowende,      byrnende gled.
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Ful oft mec gesiþas      sendað æfter hondum,
þær mec weras ond wif      wlonce gecyssað.
þonne ic mec onhæbbe,      hi onhnigað to me,
modge miltsum,      swa ic mongum sceal
ycan upcyme      eadignesse.