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Riddle 38
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic þa wiht geseah wæpnedcynnes, geoguðmyrþe grædig; him on gafol forlet ferðfriþende feower wellan scire sceotan, on gesceap þeotan. Mon maþelade, se þe me gesægde: "Seo wiht, gif hio gedygeð, duna briceð; gif he tobirsteð, bindeð cwice."