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Ic
eom wunderlicu wiht-- wræsne mine stefne,
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I'm a strange creature with changing cries
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hwilum beorce swa hund, hwilum
blæte swa gat,
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I can bark like a dog, bleat like a goat,
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hwilum græde swa gos, hwilum
gielle swa hafoc,
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Honk like a goose, shriek like a hawk.
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hwilum ic onhyrge þone haswan
earn,
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Sometimes I imitate the eagle's cry,
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guðfugles hleoþor, hwilum
glidan reorde
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The gray warrior's "keee," sometimes
the call
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muþe gemæne, hwilum
mæwes song,
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Of the kite, sometimes the scream of the
gull,
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þær ic glado sitte.
G mec
nemnað,
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While I sit singing, a saucy mimic.
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swylce Æ ond R
O fullesteð,
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My name is spelled with
P, A, and G--
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H
ond I.
Nu ic haten eom
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Also an M, an
T,
and an S
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swa þa siex stafas sweotule
becnaþ.
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Say what these six letters clearly spell.
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