his fæder: 'Fæder mīn, ic āsciġe hwǣr sēo offrung sīe;

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hēr is wudu and fȳr.' Him andwyrde se fæder: 'God foresċēawaþ,

mīn sunu, him self þā offrunge.'

Hīe cōmon þā tō þǣre stōwe þe him ġe·sweotolode God;

and hē þǣr weofod ā·rǣrde on þā ealdan wīsan, and þone

wudu ġe·lōgode swā swā hē hit wolde habban tō his suna

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bærnette, siþþan hē of·slæġen wurde. Hē ġe·band þā his

sunu, and his sweord ā·tēah, þæt hē hine ġe·offrode on þā