Riddle 83

Riddle 83

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Frod wæs min fromcynn
biden in burgum, siþþan bæles weard
...... wera life bewunden,
fyre gefælsad. Nu me fah warað
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eorþan broþor, se me ærest wearð
gumena to gyrne. Ic ful gearwe gemon
hwa min fromcynn fruman agette
eall of earde; ic him yfle ne mot,
ac ic hæftnyd hwilum arære
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wide geond wongas. Hæbbe ic wundra fela,
middangeardes mægen unlytel,
ac ic miþan sceal monna gehwylcum
degolfulne dom dyran cræftes,
siðfæt minne. Saga hwæt ic hatte.

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