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Riddle 88
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
Ic weox þær ic s... ond sumor mi... ...me wæs min ti... ...... ...d ic on staðol... ...um geong, swa seþeana oft geond ...fgeaf, ac ic uplong stod, þær ic ...... ond min broþor; begen wæron hearde. Eard wæs þy weorðra þe wit on stodan, hyrstum þy hyrra. Ful oft unc holt wrugon, wudubeama helm wonnum nihtum, scildon wið scurum; unc gescop meotud.
Nu unc mæran twam magas uncre sculon æfter cuman, eard oðþringan gingran broþor. Eom ic gumcynnes anga ofer eorþan; is min agen bæc wonn ond wundorlic. Ic on wuda stonde bordes on ende. Nis min broþor her, ac ic sceal broþorleas bordes on ende staþol weardian, stondan fæste; ne wat hwær min broþor on wera æhtum eorþan sceata eardian sceal, se me ær be healfe heah eardade. Wit wæron gesome sæcce to fremmanne; næfre uncer awþer his ellen cyðde, swa wit þære beadwe begen ne onþungan.
Nu mec unsceafta innan slitað, wyrdaþ mec be wombe; ic gewendan ne mæg. æt þam spore findeð sped se þe se... sawle rædes.