iddle 65 Ic on þinge gefrægn     þeodcyninges   In the hall of the High King I heard   wrætlice wiht,    wordgaldra[ . . . .   That a voiceless creature spoke charmed   . . . . . .] snytt[ . . . .]     hio symle deð   Words, chanted praise, prayer-song   fira gehw[ . . . ]    [ . . . . . . .].   Wise and wonderful it seemed to me   wisdome.     Wundor me þæt [ . . . .] 5 *    *    *   [ . . . . . . .]    nænne muð hafað   It speaks without mouth, moves without feet 5 fet ne [ . . . . . . .]    [ . . . . . . . ]   *    *    *   [ . . . . . . . ]    welan oft sacað,   Saying, "I am now teacher of men,   cwiþeð cy[ . . . . .]    [ . . . . . . .] wearð   Preacher to many on middle-earth--   leoda lareow.    Forþon nu longe mæg 10 I will live as long as men walk the land." 10 [ . . . . . . .] ealdre     ece lifgan   Wound with silver and plated gold,   missenlice,    þenden menn bugað   I have seen it open where men sit   eorþan sceatas.     Ic þæt oft geseah   Drinking together. Now a wise man   golde gegierwed,     þær guman druncon,   Should know what this creature is called.   since ond seolfre.    Secge se þe cunne, 15     wisfæstra hwylc,     hwæt seo wiht sy.       solution