fǣmnan, and glęnġdon hiera leohtfatu. Þā cwǣdon þā
dysigan to pǣm wīsum: 'Sęllaþ ūs of ēowrum ele, for þǣm
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ūre leohtfatu sind ā·cwęnċtu.' Þā and·swarodon þā glēawan,
and cwǣdon: 'Nese; þȳ lǣs þe wē and ġē næbben ġenōg:
gāþ tō þǣm ċīependum, and byċġaþ ēow ele.' Witodlīce,
þā hīe fērdon, and woldon byċġan, þā cōm se brȳdguma;
and þā þe ġearwe wǣron ēodon inn mid him tō þǣm
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ġieftum; and sēo duru wæs be·locen. Þā æt nīehstan cōmon