ā·tugon, and sǣton be þǣm strande, þā ġe·curon hīe þā

gōdan on hiera fatu, and þā yflan hīe ā·wurpon ūt.

XVIII. 12-14.

Ġif hwelc mann hæfþ hund sċēapa, and him losaþ ān of

þǣm, hū, ne for·lǣtt hē þā nigon and hund·nigontiġ on þǣm

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muntum, and gǣþ, and sēċþ þæt ān þe for·wearþ? And ġif

hit ġe·limpþ þæt hē hit fint, sōþlīce ic ēow sęċġe þæt hē

swīþor ġe·blissaþ for þǣm ānum þonne for þǣm nigon and

hund·nigontigum þe nā ne losodon.