Riddles 38

Krapp and Dobbie, 1936 199; Krapp, G.P. and Dobbie, E.V.K., The Exeter Book, ASPR 3 (New York).
 
Ic þa wiht geseah      wæpnedcynnes,
 
geoguðmyrþe[?] grædig;      him on gafol forlet
 
ferðfriþende      feower wellan
 
scire sceotan,      on gesceap þeotan.
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Mon maþelade,      se þe me gesægde:
 
"Seo wiht, gif hio gedygeð,      duna briceð;
 
gif he tobirsteð,      bindeð cwice."