Riddle 29

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic wiht geseah     wundorlice
hornum bitweonum     huþe lædan,
lyftfæt leohtlic,     listum gegierwed,
huþe to þam ham     of þam heresiþe;
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walde hyre on þære byrig     bur atimbran,
searwum asettan,     gif hit swa meahte.
ða cwom wundorlicu wiht     ofer wealles hrof,
seo is eallum cuð     eorðbuendum,
ahredde þa þa huþe     ond to ham bedraf
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wreccan ofer willan,     gewat hyre west þonan
fæhþum feran,     forð onette.
Dust stonc to heofonum,     deaw feol on eorþan,
niht forð gewat.     Nænig siþþan
wera gewiste     þære wihte sið.