Riddle 51

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic seah wrætlice         wuhte feower
samed siþian;         swearte wæran lastas,
swaþu swiþe blacu.         Swift wæs on fore,
fuglum framra;         fleag on lyfte,
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deaf under yþe.         Dreag unstille
winnende wiga         se him wegas tæcneþ
ofer fæted gold         feower eallum.