Riddle 48

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic gefrægn for hæleþum         hring endean,
torhtne butan tungan,         tila þeah he hlude
stefne ne cirmde,         strongum wordum.
Sinc for secgum         swigende cwæð:

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"Gehæle mec,         helpend gæsta."
Ryne ongietan         readan goldes
guman galdorcwide,         gleawe beþencan
hyra hælo to gode,         swa se hring gecwæð.