land cōmon. Hīe fuhton on þā burg ealne dæġ, ac hīe ne
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mihton hīe ā·brecan. Þā ēodon hīe tō hiera sċipum. Þǣr
bēoþ swīþe maniġe byriġ on þǣm lande, and on ǣlcre byriġ
biþ cyning.
God cwæþ tō Noē: 'Ic wile for·dōn eall mann-cynn mid
wætre for hiera synnum, ac ic wile ġe·healdan þē, and þīn
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wīf, and þīne þrīe suna.' Ān mann hæfde twēġen suna; þā
cwæþ hē tō þǣm ieldran: 'gā and wyrċ tō·dæġ on mīnum