Riddle 14

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic wæs wæpenwiga.         Nu mec wlonc þeceð
geong hagostealdmon         golde ond sylfore,
woum wirbogum.         Hwilum weras cyssað,
hwilum ic to hilde         hleoþre bonne

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wilgehleþan,         hwilum wycg byreþ
mec ofer mearce,         hwilum merehengest
fereð ofer flodas         frætwum beorhtne,
hwilum mægða sum         minne gefylleð
bosm beaghroden;         hwilum ic bordum sceal,

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heard, heafodleas,         behlyþed licgan,
hwilum hongige         hyrstum frætwed,
wlitig on wage,         þær weras drincað,
freolic fyrdsceorp.         Hwilum folcwigan
on wicge wegað,         þonne ic winde sceal

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sincfag swelgan         of sumes bosme;
hwilum ic gereordum         rincas laðige
wlonce to wine;         hwilum wraþum sceal
stefne minre         forstolen hreddan,
flyman feondsceaþan.         Frige hwæt ic hatte.