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Ic
seah turf tredan-- ten wæron ealra,
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I saw six creatures scratch the ground,
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six gebroþor ond hyra sweostor mid;
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Their four lively sisters strutting round;
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hæfdon feorg cwico. Fell hongedon
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The house of each, pale skin on shell,
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sweotol ond gesyne on seles wæge
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A fine, filament robe hung on a wall,
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anra gehwylces. Ne wæs hyra ængum
þy wyrs,
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Well-seen. Though each
had been stripped
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ne siðe þy sarre, þeah hy swa sceoldon
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Of a gossamer skin, none was nude
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reafe birofene, rodra weardes
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Or raw with pain; but quickened, covered,
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meahtum aweahte, muþum slitan
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And brought to grass and grain by God
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haswe blede. Hrægl bið geniwad
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They pecked, strutted, and stripped sod.
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þam þe ær forðcymene frætwe
leton
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licgan on laste, gewitan lond tredan.
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