Riddle 41

Riddle 41

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

edniwu;
þæt is moddor monigra cynna,
þæs selestan, þæs sweartestan,
þæs deorestan þæs þe dryhta bearn
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ofer foldan sceat to gefean agen.
Ne magon we her in eorþan owiht lifgan,
nymðe we brucen þæs þa bearn doð.
þæt is to geþencanne þeoda gehwylcum,
wisfæstum werum, hwæt seo wiht sy.

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