Þā land-lēode þā siþþan lęġdon þæt hēafod tō þǣm hālgan
bodiġe, and be·byriġdon swā hīe sēlest mihton on swelcre
hrædunge, and ċiriċan ā·rǣrdon sōna him on·uppan. Eft
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þā on fierste, æfter fela ġēarum, þā sēo hęrgung ġe·swāc,
and sibb wearþ for·ġiefen þǣm ġe·swęnċtan folce, þā fēngon
hīe tō·gædre, and worhton āne ċiriċan weorþlīce þǣm hālgan,
for þǣm þe ge·lōme wundru wurdon æt his byrġenne, æt
þǣm ġe·bed-hūse þǣr hē be·byrġed wæs. Hīe woldon þā
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