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Oft
mec fæste bileac freolicu meowle,
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Sometimes
a lady, comely and proud,
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ides on earce, hwilum up ateah
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Locks me up, boxes me tight--
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folmum sinum ond frean sealde,
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Sometimes draws me out on demand
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holdum þeodne, swa hio
haten wæs.
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And hands me over to her pleasing prince
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Siðþan
me on hreþre heafod sticade,
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Who shoves his hard head in my hole,
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nioþan upweardne,
on nearo fegde.
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Slides up while I slip down--
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Gif
þæs ondfengan ellen dohte,
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A tight squeeze. If the man who seizes me
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mec frætwedne fyllan sceolde
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Presses with power, something shaggy
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ruwes nathwæt. Ræd
hwæt ic mæne.
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Will fill me up, muscle me out--
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A precious jewel. Say what I mean.
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iddle
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