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Riddle 43
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic wat indryhtne æþelum deorne giest in geardum, þam se grimma ne mæg hungor sceððan ne se hata þurst, yldo ne adle. Gif him arlice esne þenað, se þe agan sceal on þam siðfate, hy gesunde æt ham findað witode him wiste ond blisse, cnosles unrim, care, gif se esne his hlaforde hyreð yfle, frean on fore. Ne wile forht wesan broþor oþrum; him þæt bam sceðeð, þonne hy from bearme begen hweorfað anre magan ellorfuse, moddor ond sweostor. Mon, se þe wille,
cyþe cynewordum hu se cuma hatte, eðþa se esne, þe ic her ymb sprice.