ānne ramm be·twix þǣm brēmlum be þǣm hornum ġe·hæftne,
and hē hæfde þone ramm tō þǣre offrunge, and hine þǣr
of·snāþ Gode tō lāce for his sunu Isaāc. Hē hēt þā stōwe
Dominus videt, þæt is 'God ġe·sihþ,' and ġiet is ġe·sæġd
swā, In monte Dominus videbit, þæt is, 'God ġe·sihþ on dūne.'
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Eft clipode se ęnġel Abrahām, and cwæþ: 'Ic sæġde
þurh mē selfne, sæġde se Ælmihtiga, nū þū noldest ārian
þīnum āncęnnedum suna, ac þē wæs mīn ęġe māre þonne
his līf, ic þē nū blētsiġe, and þīnne of-spring ge·maniġ-fielde