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Riddle 19

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic on siþe seah         ᛋ ᚱ ᚩ
ᚻ hygewloncne,         heafodbeorhtne,
swiftne ofer sælwong         swiþe þrægan.
Hæfde him on hrycge         hildeþryþe
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ᚾ ᚩ ᛗ         nægledne rad
ᚪ ᚾ ᛖ ᚹ.         Widlast ferede
rynestrong on rade         rofne ᚳ ᚩ
ᛇ ᚩ ᚪ ᚻ.         For wæs þy beorhtre,
swylcra siþfæt.         Saga hwæt ic hatte.