eall swīþe gōd. Hē fērde ġeond manigu land, bodiende

Godes ġe·lēafan. Hē for·lēt eall woruld-þing. Se cyning

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be·bēad þæt man scolde ofer eall Angel-cynn sċipu wyrċan;

and hiera wæs swā fela swā nǣfre ǣr ne wæs on nānes

cyninges dæġe. Se cyning hēt of·slēan ealle þā Dęniscan

męnn þe on Angel-cynne wǣron.

Þā ne mihton hīe him nān word and-swarian, ne nān

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mann ne dorste hine nān þing māre āscian. Hīe fuhton