The Old Ways

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Riddle 81

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic eom byledbreost, belcedsweora, heafod hæbbe ond heane steort, eagan ond earan ond ænne foot, hrycg ond heardnebb, hneccan steapne ond sidan twa, sag on middum, eard ofer ældum. Aglac dreoge, þær mec wegeð se þe wudu hrereð, ond mec stondende streamas beatað, hægl se hearda, ond hrim þeceð, ...orst ...eoseð, ond fealleð snaw on þyrelwombne, ond ic þæt ...ol... mæ... wonsceaft mine.