iddle 88

Ic wæs brunra beot, beam on holte,

 

Boast of brown snufflers, tree in the wood,

 

freolic feorhbora ond foldan wæstm,

 

High hardy life, plantand pleasure,

 

weres wynnstaþol ond wifes sond,

 

Earth-shoot, love letter, lady's delight

 

gold on geardum. Nu eom guðwigan

 

Gold-skinned treasure of the high courts

 

hyhtlic hildewæpen, hringe be[.......

5

Ring-bound, the warrior's weapon and joy.

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.....]e[.....................] byreð,

     

oþrum[...........................................]

     

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