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The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Riddle 35
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Mec se wæta wong, wundrum freorig,
of his innaþe ærist cende.
Ne wat ic mec beworhtne wulle flysum,
hærum þurh heahcræft, hygeþoncum
min.
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Wundene me ne beoð wefle, ne ic wearp hafu,
ne þurh þreata geþræcu þræd
me ne hlimmeð,
ne æt me hrutende hrisil scriþeð,
ne mec ohwonan sceal am cnyssan.
Wyrmas mec ne awæfan wyrda cræftum,
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þa þe geolo godwebb geatwum frætwað.
Wile mec mon hwæþre seþeah wide ofer
eorþan
hatan for hæleþum hyhtlic gewæde.
Saga soðcwidum, searoþoncum gleaw,
wordum wisfæst, hwæt þis gewæde
sy.
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