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Eornostlīce þā þā ġe·cōmon þe ymbe þā ęndlyftan
tīd cōmon, þā on·fēngon hīe ǣlc his pęning. And þā þe
þǣr ǣrest cōmon, wēndon þæt hīe scolden māre on·fōn; þā
on·fēngon hīe syndriġe þęningas. Þa on·gunnon hīe murcnian
on·ġēan þone hīredes ealdor, and þus cwǣdon: 'Þās
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ȳtemestan worhton āne tīd, and þū dydest hīe ġe·līce ūs,
þe bǣron byrþenna on þisses dæġes hǣtan.' Þā cwæþ hē
and-swariende hiera ānum: 'Ēalā þū frēond, ne dō ic þē