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Riddle 62
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic eom heard ond scearp, hingonges strong, forðsiþes from, frean unforcuð, wade under wambe ond me weg sylfa ryhtne geryme. Rinc bið on ofeste, se mec on þyð æftanweardne, hæleð mid hrægle; hwilum ut tyhð of hole hatne, hwilum eft fareð on nearo nathwær, nydeþ swiþe suþerne secg. Saga hwæt ic hatte.