Sēo sāwol and-bīdaþ þæs ēċan ǣristes.
Hē wæs cyning ofer eall Ęnġla-land twęntiġ wintra. God
ælmihtiġ is ealra cyninga cyning, and ealra hlāforda hlāford.
Dēofol is ealra un-riht-wīsra manna hēafod, and þā
yflan męnn sind his limu. Synnfulra manna dēaþ is yfel and
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earmlic, for þǣm þe hīe faraþ of þissum scortan līfe tō ēċum
wītum. Hū fela hlāfa hæbbe ġē? Seofon, and fēa fisca.
Ne ġe·wilna þū ōþres mannes ǣhta!
On þǣm landum eardodon Ęnġle, ǣr þǣm þe hīe hider on