ā·wurpon intō ānum sēaþe, on þǣm wǣron seofon lēon, þǣm
man sealde dæġhwǣmlīce twā hrīþeru and twā sċēap, ac him
wæs þā of·togen ǣlces fōdan siex dagas, þæt hīe þone Godes
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mann ā·bītan scolden.
On þǣre tīde wæs sum ōþer wītega on Jūdēa-lande, his
nama waes Abacuc, sē bær his rifterum męte tō æcere. Þā
cōm him tō Godes ęnġel, and cwæþ: 'Abacuc, ber þone
męte tō Babilōne, and sęle Daniēle, sē þe sitt on þāra lēona
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