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Riddle 4
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic sceal þragbysig þegne minum, hringum hæfted, hyran georne, min bed brecan, breahtme cyþan þæt me halswriþan hlaford sealde. Oft mec slæpwerigne secg oðþe meowle gretan eode; ic him gromheortum winterceald oncweþe. Wearm lim gebundenne bæg hwilum bersteð; se þeah biþ on þonce þegne minum, medwisum men, me þæt sylfe, þær wiht wite, ond wordum min on sped mæge spel gesecgan.