ǣr ġe·nam.
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Se cyning þā Cȳrus on þǣm seofoþan dæġe ēode drēoriġ
tō þāra lēona sēaþe, and inn be·seah, and efne þā Daniēl
sittende wæs ġe·sundfull on·middan þǣm lēonum. Þā clipode
se cyning mid miċelre stefne: 'Mǣre is se God þe Daniēl
on be·līefþ.' And hē þā mid þǣm worde hine ā·tēah of þǣm
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scræfe, and hēt inn weorpan þā þe hine ǣr for·dōn woldon.
Þæs cyninges hǣs wearþ hrædlīce ġe·fręmmed, and þæs