Riddle 88

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic weox þær ic s...        
ond sumor         mi...
...me         wæs min ti...
......
...d ic on staðol...        

5

...um geong,         swa
        seþeana
oft geond         ...fgeaf,
ac ic uplong stod,         þær ic ......
ond min broþor;         begen wæron hearde.

10

Eard wæs þy weorðra         þe wit on stodan,
hyrstum þy hyrra.         Ful oft unc holt wrugon,
wudubeama helm         wonnum nihtum,
scildon wið scurum;         unc gescop meotud.
Nu unc mæran twam         magas uncre

15

sculon æfter cuman,         eard oðþringan
gingran broþor.         Eom ic gumcynnes
anga ofer eorþan;         is min agen bæc
wonn ond wundorlic.         Ic on wuda stonde
bordes on ende.         Nis min broþor her,

20

ac ic sceal broþorleas         bordes on ende
staþol weardian,         stondan fæste;
ne wat hwær min broþor         on wera æhtum
eorþan sceata         eardian sceal,
se me ær be healfe         heah eardade.

25

Wit wæron gesome         sæcce to fremmanne;
næfre uncer awþer         his ellen cyðde,
swa wit þære beadwe         begen ne onþungan.
Nu mec unsceafta         innan slitað,
wyrdaþ mec be wombe;         ic gewendan ne mæg.

30

æt þam spore findeð         sped se þe se...
        sawle rædes.