on þā burg ealne dæġ, and þōhton þæt hīe hīe scolden
ā·brecan. Se eorl ġe·węnde west tō Īr-lande, and wæs þǣr
ealne þone winter. Æþelred cyning and Ælfred his brōþor
fuhton wiþ ealne þone hęre on Æsces-dūne.
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Se mann is ēċe on ānum dǣle, þæt is, on þǣre sāwle;
hēo ne ġe·ęndaþ nǣfre. Ġif se biscop dēþ be his āgnum
willan, and wile bindan þone un-scyldigan, and þone scyldigan
ā·līesan, þonne for·līest hē þā miht þe him God
for·ġeaf. Þēod winþ on·ġēan þēode, and rīċe on·ġēan rīċe.