The Old Ways

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Riddle 73

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic on wonge aweox, wunode þær mec feddon hruse ond heofonwolcn, oþþæt me onhwyrfdon gearum frodne, þa me grome wurdon, of þære gecynde þe ic ær cwic beheold, onwendan mine wisan, wegedon mec of earde, gedydon þæt ic sceolde wiþ gesceape minum on bonan willan bugan hwilum. Nu eom mines frean folme bysigo... ...dlan dæl, gif his ellen deag, oþþe æfter dome ...ri... ...an mæ... ...þa fremman, wyrcan w... ...ec on þeode utan we... ...ipe

ond to wrohtstæp... ...eorp, eaxle gegyrde, wo... ond swiora smæl, sidan fealwe þonne mec heaþosigel scir bescineð ond mec ...... fægre feormað ond on fyrd wigeð cræfte on hæfte. Cuð is wide þæt ic þristra sum þeofes cræfte under hrægnlocan hwilum eawunga eþelfæsten forðweard brece, þæt ær frið hæfde. Feringe from, he fus þonan wendeð of þam wicum. Wiga se þe mine

wisan cunne, saga hwæt ic hatte.