his god-spelle! Hē cwæþ: 'For·ġiefaþ, and ēow biþ for·ġiefen;

sęllaþ, and ēow biþ ġe·seald.'

Twēġen męnn ēodon intō Godes temple hīe tō ġe·biddenne.

Ælfred cyning fōr mid þrim sċipum ūt on sǣ, and

ġe·feaht wiþ fēower sċip-hlæstas Dęniscra manna, and þāra

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sċipa twā ġe·nam, and þā męnn of·slæġene wǣron þe

þǣr-on wǣron. Þā cōmon þrēo sċipu. Þā ġe·fēngon hīe

þāra þrēora sċipa twā, and þˉa męnn of·slōgon, ealle būtan

fīfum. Se wītega ā·wrāt be þǣm fēower nīetenum þe him