Riddles 21

Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 191; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
 
Neb is min niþerweard;      neol ic fere
 
ond be grunde græfe,      geonge swa me wisað
 
har holtes feond,      ond hlaford min
 
woh færeð      weard æt steorte,
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wrigaþ on wonge,      wegeð mec ond þyð,
 
saweþ on swæð min.      Ic snyþige forð,
 
brungen of bearwe[?],      bunden cræfte,
 
wegen on wægne,      hæbbe wundra fela;
 
me biþ gongendre      grene on healfe
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ond min swæð sweotol      sweart on oþre.
 
Me þurh hrycg wrecen      hongaþ under
 
an orþoncpil,      oþer on heafde,
 
fæst ond forðweard.      Fealleþ on sidan
 
þæt ic toþum tere,      gif me teala þenaþ
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hindeweardre,      þæt biþ hlaford min.