Riddle 10
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Neb wæs min on nearwe,
ond ic neoþan wætre,
flode underflowen,
firgenstreamum
swiþe besuncen,
ond on sunde awox
ufan yþum þeaht,
anum getenge
- 5
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liþendum wuda
lice mine.
Hæfde feorh cwico,
þa ic of fæðmum cwom
brimes ond beames
on blacum hrægle;
sume wæron hwite
hyrste mine,
þa mec lifgende
lyft upp ahof,
- 10
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wind of wæge,
siþþan wide bær
ofer seolhbaþo.
Saga hwæt ic hatte.