Thirteenth Century, Beginning:
And swá heo gùnnen wénden | fórð tò þan kínge.
Layamon, 13811–12.
Vmbe fíftene ȝér | þat fólc is isómned.
ibid. 13855–6.
Twelfth Century:
þat þe chíriche hàbbe grýþ | and þe chéorl bèo in frýþ
his sédes to sówen, | his médes to mówen.
Proverbs of Alfred, 91–4.