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Riddle 42
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic seah wyhte wrætlice twa undearnunga ute plegan hæmedlaces; hwitloc anfeng wlanc under wædum, gif þæs weorces speow, fæmne fyllo. Ic on flette mæg þurh runstafas rincum secgan, þam þe bec witan, bega ætsomne naman þara wihta. þær sceal Nyd wesan twega oþer ond se torhta æsc an an linan, Acas twegen, Hægelas swa some. Hwylc þæs hordgates cægan cræfte þa clamme onleac þe þa rædellan wið rynemenn hygefæste heold heortan bewrigene
orþoncbendum? Nu is undyrne werum æt wine hu þa wihte mid us, heanmode twa, hatne sindon.