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Riddle 93
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
Frea min ...de willum sinum, ...... heah ond hyht... ...rpne, hwilum ...wilum sohte frea... ...s wod, dægrime frod, deo... ...s , hwilum stealc hliþo stigan sceolde up in eþel, hwilum eft gewat in deop dalu duguþe secan strong on stæpe, stanwongas grof hrimighearde, hwilum hara scoc forst of feaxe. Ic on fusum rad
oþþæt him þone gleawstol gingra broþor min agnade ond mec of earde adraf. Siþþan mec isern innanweardne brun bennade; blod ut ne com, heolfor of hreþre, þeah mec heard bite stiðecg style. No ic þa stunde bemearn, ne for wunde weop, ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft mine, ac ic aglæca ealle þolige, þæt ...e bord biton. Nu ic blace swelge wuda ond wætre, w... ...b... befæðme þæt mec on fealleð ufan þær ic stonde, eorpes nathwæt; hæbbe anne fot. Nu min hord warað hiþende feond,
se þe ær wide bær wulfes gehleþan; oft me of wombe bewaden fereð, steppeð on stið bord, deaþes d... þonne dægcondel, sunne ...eorc eagum wliteð ond spe....