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Probably six lines, from which a dozen words remain.


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Probably ten lines, from which some twenty words remain.


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I was the boast of brown [things], a tree in the forest, a fine living thing and a fruit of the field, a foundation of joy, a woman&rsquo;s message, gold in the homes. Now I am a warrior&rsquo;s happy weapon with a ring &hellip;

The rest is lost. Supposedly Beech tree (the brown things are swine, which eat beech-mast) and Book, then a treasure or treasured message, and finally a weapon.


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Smith &hellip; higher than heaven &hellip; &hellip; than the sun . . . . . . . sharper than salt &hellip; dearer than all this light, brighter than &hellip;