The Old Ways

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Riddle 71

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic eom rices æht, reade bewæfed, stið ond steapwong. Staþol wæs iu þa wyrta wlitetorhtra; nu eom wraþra laf, fyres ond feole, fæste genearwad, wire geweorþad. Wepeð hwilum for minum gripe se þe gold wigeð, þonne ic yþan sceal ...fe, hringum gehyrsted. Me ...i... ...go... dryhtne min... ...wlite bete.