Riddle 41

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

        edniwu;
þæt is moddor         monigra cynna,
þæs selestan,         þæs sweartestan,
þæs deorestan         þæs þe dryhta bearn

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ofer foldan sceat         to gefean agen.
Ne magon we her in eorþan         owiht lifgan,
nymðe we brucen         þæs þa bearn doð.
þæt is to geþencanne         þeoda gehwylcum,
wisfæstum werum,         hwæt seo wiht sy.