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Riddle 28
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Biþ foldan dæl fægre gegierwed mid þy heardestan ond mid þy scearpestan ond mid þy grymmestan gumena gestreona, corfen, sworfen, cyrred, þyrred, bunden, wunden, blæced, wæced, frætwed, geatwed, feorran læded to durum dryhta. Dream bið in innan cwicra wihta, clengeð, lengeð, þara þe ær lifgende longe hwile wilna bruceð ond no wið spriceð, ond þonne æfter deaþe deman onginneð, meldan mislice. Micel is to hycganne wisfæstum menn, hwæt seo wiht sy.