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The Leiden Riddle

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 14 sections

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   Mec se ueta uong, uundrum freorig,

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   ob his innaðae aerest cændæ.

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   Ni uaat ic mec biuorthæ uullan fliusum,

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   herum ðerh hehcraeft, hygiðonc....

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   Uundnae me ni biað ueflæ, ni ic uarp hafæ,

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   ni ðerih ðreatun giðraec ðret me hlimmith,

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   ne me hrutendu hrisil scelfath,

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   ni mec ouana aam sceal cnyssa.

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   Uyrmas mec ni auefun uyrdi craeftum,

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    ða ði geolu godueb geatum fraetuath.

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    Uil mec huethrae suae ðeh uidæ ofaer eorðu

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    hatan mith heliðum hyhtlic giuæde;

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    ni anoegun ic me aerigfaerae egsan brogum,

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    ðeh ði n... ...n siæ niudlicae ob cocrum.

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