Riddle 49
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
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Ic wat eardfæstne
anne standan,
deafne, dumban,
se oft dæges swilgeð
þurh gopes hond
gifrum lacum.
Hwilum on þam wicum
se wonna þegn,
- 5
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sweart ond saloneb,
sendeð oþre
under goman him
golde dyrran,
þa æþelingas
oft wilniað,
cyningas ond cwene.
Ic þæt cyn nu gen
nemnan ne wille,
þe him to nytte swa
- 10
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ond to dugþum doþ
þæt se dumba her,
eorp unwita,
ær forswilgeð.