The Old Ways

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Riddle 95

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Ic eom indryhten ond eorlum cuð, ond reste oft; ricum ond heanum, folcum gefræge fere wide, ond me fremdes ær freondum stondeð hiþendra hyht, gif ic habban sceal blæd in burgum oþþe beorhtne god. Nu snottre men swiþast lufiaþ midwist mine; ic monigum sceal wisdom cyþan; no þær word sprecað ænig ofer eorðan. þeah nu ælda bearn londbuendra lastas mine swiþe secað, ic swaþe hwilum mine bemiþe monna gehwylcum.