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Riddle 10

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Neb wæs min on nearwe,      ond ic neoþan wætre,
flode underflowen,      firgenstreamum
swiþe besuncen,      ond on sunde awox
ufan yþum þeaht,      anum getenge
5
liþendum wuda      lice mine.
Hæfde feorh cwico,      þa ic of fæðmum cwom
brimes ond beames      on blacum hrægle;
sume wæron hwite      hyrste mine,
þa mec lifgende      lyft upp ahof,
10
wind of wæge,      siþþan wide bær
ofer seolhbaþo.      Saga hwæt ic hatte.