Æfter þǣm sōþlīce ealle męnn sprǣcon āne sprǣċe. Þā
þā hīe fērdon fram Ēast-dǣle, hīe fundon ānne feld on
Sennaār-lande, and wunodon þǣr-on.
Þā cwǣdon hīe him be·twēonan: 'Uton wyrċan ūs tiġelan,
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and ǣlan hīe on fȳre!' Witodlīce hīe hæfdon tiġelan for
stān and tierwan for weal-līm. And hīe cwǣdon: 'Uton
timbrian ūs ċeastre, and stīepel oþ heofon hēanne! uton
weorþian ūrne naman, ǣr þ[æ]m þe wē sīen tō·dǣlde ġeond
ealle eorþan!'