Riddle 38

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic þa wiht geseah         wæpnedcynnes,
geoguðmyrþe grædig;         him on gafol forlet
ferðfriþende         feower wellan
scire sceotan,         on gesceap þeotan.

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Mon maþelade,         se þe me gesægde:
"Seo wiht, gif hio gedygeð,         duna briceð;
gif he tobirsteð,         bindeð cwice."