 | Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems |  |
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THE LEIDEN RIDDLE
Mec se ueta uong, uundrum freorig,ob his innaðae aerest cæn[[OMITTED]]æ.
Ni uaat ic mec biuorthæ uullan fliusum,
herum ðerh hehcraeft, hygiðonc[[OMITTED]].
Uundnae me ni biað ueflæ, ni ic uarp hafæ,
ni ðerih ðreatun giðraec ðret me hlimmith,
ne me hrutendu hrisil scelfath,
ni mec ouana aam sceal cnyssa.
Uyrmas mec ni auefun uyrdi craeftum,
ða ði geolu godueb geatum fraetuath.
Uil mec huethrae suae ðeh uidæ ofaer eorðu
hatan mith hȩliðum hyhtlic giuæde;
ni anoegun ic me aerigfaerae egsan brogum,
ðeh ði n[[OMITTED]]n siæ niudlicae ob cocrum.
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