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.