Anglo-Saxon Primer, With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary / Eighth Edition Revised

by Henry Sweet

þā hē sēow, sumu hīe fēollon wiþ weġ, and fuglas cōmon

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and ǣton þā. Sōþlīce sumu fēollon on stǣnihte, þǣr hit

næfde miċle eorþan, and hrædlīce ūp sprungon, for þǣm þe

hīe næfdon pǣre eorþan dīepan; sōþlīce, ūp sprungenre

sunnan, hīe ā·drūgodon and for·scruncon, for þǣm þe hīe

næfdon wyrtruman. Sōþlīce sumu fēollon on þornas, and

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þā þornas wēoxon, and for·þrysmdon þā. Sumu sōþlīce

fēollon on gōde eorþan, and sealdon wæstm, sum hund-fealdne,