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!'