þa ōþre fǣmnan, and cwǣdon: 'Dryhten, Dryhten, lǣt ūs

inn.' Þā and-swarode hē him, and cwæþ: 'Sōþ ic ēow

sęċġe, ne cann ic ēow.' Witodlīce, waciaþ, for þǣm þe ġē

nyton ne þone dæġ ne þā tīd.

XXV. 14-30.

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Sum mann fērde on ęlþēodiġnesse, and clipode his

þēowas, and be·tǣhte him his ǣhta. And ānum hē sealde

fīf pund, sumum twā, sumum ān: ǣġhwelcum be his āgnum

mæġne; and fērde sōna.