Riddle 61

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Oft mec fæste bileac     freolicu meowle,
ides on earce,     hwilum up ateah
folmum sinum     ond frean sealde,
holdum þeodne,     swa hio haten wæs.
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Siðþan me on hreþre     heafod sticade,
nioþan upweardne,     on nearo fegde.
Gif þæs ondfengan     ellen dohte,
mec frætwedne     fyllan sceolde
ruwes nathwæt.     Ræd hwæt ic mæne.