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Library of Congress Subject HeadingsEnglish, Old (ca. 450-1100)Poems
Riddles 47
moððe word fræt
me ðæt ðuhte
wrætlicu wyrd
ða ic ðæt wundor gefrægn
ðæt se wyrm forswealg
wera gied sumes
ðeof in ðystro
ðrymfæstne cwide
ond ðæs strangan staðol
stælgiest ne wæs
wihte ðy gleawra
ðe he ðam wordum swealg