The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2) / A history of the English commonwealth till the period of the Norman conquest

by John Mitchell Kemble

And thus the English one:

Dryhten rád,

fola slád;

se lihtode

and rihtode;

sette lið tó liðe

eác swá bán to báne,

sinewe tó sinewe.

Hál wes ðú, on ðæs Hálgan Gástes naman!

[686]. Polhǽmatún. Cod. Dipl. Nos. 642, 752, 1136, 1187. Polesleáh in Wilts. Cod. Dipl. No. 641. Polstede in Suffolk. Cod. Dipl. No. 685. Polþorn in Worcester. Cod. Dipl. No. 61. Pollehám, No. 907.