Hēr is mīn cnapa, þone ic ġe·ċēas; mīn ġe·corena, on þǣm

wel ġe·līcode mīnre sāwle: ic ā·sętte mīnne gāst ofer hine,

and dōm hē bodaþ þēodum. Ne flītt hē, ne hē ne hriemþ,

ne nān mann ne ġe·hīerþ his stefne on strǣtum. Tō·cwīesed

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hrēod hē ne for·brīett, and smēocende fleax hē ne ā·dwǣscþ,

ǣr þǣm þe hē ā·weorpe dōm tō siġe. And on his naman

þēoda ġe·hyhtaþ.

XIII. 3-8.

Sōþlīce ūt ēode se sāwere his sǣd tō sāwenne. And þā