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Þonne biþ heofona rīċe ġe·līc þǣm tīen fǣmnum, þe þā

leoht-fatu nāmon, and fērdon on·ġēan þone brȳd-guman and

þā brȳd. Hiera fīf wǣron dysiġe, and fīf glēawe. And þā fīf

dysigan nāmon leohtfatu, and ne nāmon nānne ele mid him;

þā glēawan nāmon ele on hiera fatum mid þǣm leohtfatum.

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Þā se brȳdguma ielde, þā hnappodon hīe ealle, and slēpon.

Witodlīce tō middre nihte man hrīemde, and cwæþ: 'Nū se

brȳdguma cymþ, faraþ him tō·ġēanes.' Þā ā·rison ealle þā