Riddle 36
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Ic wiht geseah
on wege feran,
seo wæs wrætlice
wundrum gegierwed.
Hæfde feowere
fet under wombe
ond ehtuwe
- 5
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monn h w M wiif m x l kf wf hors qxxs
ufon on hrycge;
hæfde tu fiþru
ond twelf eagan
ond siex heafdu.
Saga hwæt hio wære.
For flodwegas;
ne wæs þæt na fugul ana,
- 10
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ac þær wæs æghwylces
anra gelicnes
horses ond monnes,
hundes ond fugles,
ond eac wifes wlite.
þu wast, gif þu const,
to gesecganne,
þæt we soð witan,
hu þære wihte
wise gonge.