Riddle 93
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Frea min
...de willum sinum,
......
heah ond hyht...
...rpne, hwilum
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...wilum sohte
frea... ...s wod,
dægrime frod, deo... ...s ,
hwilum stealc hliþo stigan sceolde
up in eþel, hwilum eft gewat
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in deop dalu duguþe secan
strong on stæpe, stanwongas grof
hrimighearde, hwilum hara scoc
forst of feaxe. Ic on fusum rad
oþþæt him þone gleawstol gingra broþor
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min agnade ond mec of earde adraf.
Siþþan mec isern innanweardne
brun bennade; blod ut ne com,
heolfor of hreþre, þeah mec heard bite
stiðecg style. No ic þa stunde bemearn,
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ne for wunde weop, ne wrecan meahte
on wigan feore wonnsceaft mine,
ac ic aglæca ealle þolige,
þæt ...e bord biton. Nu ic blace swelge
wuda ond wætre, w... ...b... befæðme
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þæt mec on fealleð ufan þær ic stonde,
eorpes nathwæt; hæbbe anne fot.
Nu min hord warað hiþende feond,
se þe ær wide bær wulfes gehleþan;
oft me of wombe bewaden fereð,
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steppeð on stið bord,
deaþes d... þonne dægcondel,
sunne
...eorc eagum wliteð
ond spe....