The Old Ways

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Riddle 48

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic gefrægn for hæleþum hring endean, torhtne butan tungan, tila þeah he hlude stefne ne cirmde, strongum wordum. Sinc for secgum swigende cwæð: "Gehæle mec, helpend gæsta." Ryne ongietan readan goldes guman galdorcwide, gleawe beþencan hyra hælo to gode, swa se hring gecwæð.