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Ic
wiht geseah in wera burgum,
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I saw close to the houses of men
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seo þæt feoh fedeð.
Hafað
fela toþa;
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A strange creature that feeds cattle.
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nebb biþ hyre æt nytte,
niþerweard gongeð,
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By tooth-hoard and nose-haul
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hiþeð holdlice ond
to ham tyhð,
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(A useful slave), it scruffs the ground,
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wæþeð geond weallas,
wyrte seceð;
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Scratches at plants, dogs walls
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Aa
heo þa findeð, þa þe fæst ne biþ;
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Or drags fields for plunder-seeks
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læteð hio þa wlitigan,
wyrtum fæste,
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A crop-catch and carries it home.
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stille stondan on staþolwonge,
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Its prey is bent stalk and weak root;
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beorhte blican, blowan ond growan.
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Its gift is firm grain and full flower
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On a glittering plain-growing, blooming.
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