swā ān-rǣd þurh·wunode þæt hē nolde ā·būgan tō bismerfullum
leahtrum, ne on nāwþre healfe hē ne ā·hielde his
þēawas, ac wæs simle ġe·myndiġ þǣre sōþan lāre: 'Ġif þū
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eart tō hēafod-męnn ġe·sętt, ne ā·hęfe þū þē, ac bēo be·twix
mannum swā swā ān mann of him.' Hē wæs
cystiġ wǣdlum and widewum swā swā fæder, and mid
wel-willendnesse ġe·wissode his folc simle tō riht-wīsnesse,
and þǣm rēþum stīerde, and ġe·sǣliġlīce leofode on sōþum
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