Hū man tīehþ
- Tēoh āne cartan. Hēo cymþ of þǣm twām and twentigum hēafodcartum, riht oþþe onwend.
- Rǣd hwæt sēo carte be þissum dæge cwiþ.
- Hrīn Tōdæges wyrdblēo æfter þǣre rǣdinge, and þæt blēo ontȳnþ æt þǣre race ende. Hrīn eft þā carte, and hit ēac ontȳnþ. Hrīn þone spægl under þǣre race, and þā stafas fealdaþ, and sēo carte went on hire hrycg.
Be þissum webstede
Ælc hēafodcarte hæfþ ān blēo. Sēo racu gǣþ þurh ealdspell, stær, stōwa, oþþe tōl, and lendaþ on tōdæges wyrdblēo.
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Twā and twentig hēafodcarta
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Se Wegfarend
RihtĀn līchama stent æt clifes ecge, mid lēohte byrþenne, hwītre rōsan on handa, and getrēowum hunde gehende.
OnwendSe ilca līchama wandaþ nū æt þǣm clife, and nāt hwæþer se grund under him sīe fæst.
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Se Drȳ
RihtĀn bēod stent gearu, mid gierde, calice, sweorde, and mynete, and ǣlc is tōl þissum dæge.
OnwendÞā tōl on þǣm bēode sind gesett tō sceawunge, nā tō weorce.
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Sēo Abbodesse
RihtĀn wīf sitt stille betwēonan twām swēorum, and þæt gewrit on hire scēate is healf open.
OnwendÞæt gewrit biþ oþþe belocen, and his dīegolnes gehæfd, oþþe tō wīde ontȳned, and his word tōstenced.
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Sēo Cwēn
RihtSēo Cwēn is sēo stōw wæstmes: corn rīpaþ, wudu giefþ helm, and clǣne wæter yrnþ.
OnwendSēo eorþe mæg wērig bēon, oþþe þū gaderast ǣr se wæstm sīe gearo.
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Se Cāsere
RihtSe Cāsere sitt on stānenum cynestōle, and his ēagan gāþ feorr ofer þisne andweardan dæg.
OnwendSe cynestōl ne gedafenaþ þǣm Cāsere leng.
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Se Pāpa
RihtĀn līchama sitt beforan twām sēcendum, and lǣrþ þurh þā ealdan wīsan.
OnwendSēo wīse biþ hefigre þonne hire andgiet, and se þēaw oferstīgaþ þā mearcunge.
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Þā Lufiendan
RihtÞā Lufiendan sind sēo tīd þǣr twā mægenu cumaþ tōgædere, and biddaþ þē þæt þū cēose mid andgiete and mid heortan.
OnwendÞā Lufiendan onwende ætīewaþ tweon, and þā unēaþnesse þe þū lætst þā weg opene.
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Se Wīgwægn
RihtSe wægnere hielt þā brīdelas, and lǣt þone wægn þe twā ungelīce nīetenu tēoþ.
OnwendSe Wīgwægn styreþ, and nā gȳt ofer þone þerscold.
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Sēo Strengu
RihtSēo Strengu ne stent on fæstum gripe, ne on micelre ofsetnesse.
OnwendSēo Strengu ætīewþ handa þe sind āheardode, and fingras þe ege beclysaþ, nā cræft.
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Se Ānsetla
RihtSe Ānsetla stent āna on stillum munte, and his lēohtfæt is āhafen swā hēah þæt hē þone nīehstan stæpe gesiehþ.
OnwendÞæs Ānsetlan lēohtfæt scīnþ nū innweard, and ne līht þone weg beforan him.
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Þæt Wyrde Hwēol
RihtÞæt Wyrde Hwēol hwerfþ, and wrixlaþ þā þe stīgaþ wiþ þā þe feallaþ.
OnwendÞæt hwēol mæg þyncan swā hit hwerfe on stede, and sēo styrenes biþ lēas ganges.
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Sēo Rihtwīsnes
RihtSēo Rihtwīsnes is sēo stōw þǣr dōm and wǣge mētaþ, mid sweorde and mid wǣge.
OnwendSēo Rihtwīsnes warnaþ ungewǣges, oþþe rihtes þe þū tō þē selfum bīegst.
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Se Hangenda
RihtĀn wer hangþ be ānum gebundenum fōte, earmas opene, and sēo stilnes stent on unēaþnesse.
OnwendSēo hangung hæfþ hire andgiet forloren, and sēo smeagung is geworden tō yldinge.
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Se Dēaþ
RihtSe Dēaþ cymþ swā stillu bodung endes.
OnwendÞēah se ende nēalǣce, þū spenst þīne strengu on þǣre ealdan gelīcnesse.
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Sēo Metgung
RihtSēo Metgung bitt þē mengan andgietu carfullīce, swā wæter yrnþ līþe betwēonan twām calicum.
OnwendSēo Metgung onwend ætīewþ wæter þe gȳt būtan þām calice, and þæt is ungewæg, oþþe gemengednes þe ne gelimpþ.
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Se Dēofol
RihtTwēgen līchaman standaþ gebundene, and þā racenteaga þyncaþ þicce, and þēah þā healsbēagas sind lēase genōh þæt man hīe ādō.
OnwendÞā racenteaga þe wǣron gehȳdede onginnaþ ætīewan.
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Se Stīpel
RihtHēah stīpel, þe wæs fæst, is mid færlicum mægne geslegen, and his wācnes is open.
OnwendÆfter þām līgette meaht þū willan þone stīpel eft timbrian swā hē ǣr stōd, and ǣlcne stān settan on þā ealdan hīehþe.
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Sēo Steorra
RihtBe stillum wætere cnēowlaþ ān līchama, and gȳt wæter of twām croccum, ānne on þā eorþan and ōþerne on þone strēam.
OnwendÞā croccas hieldaþ, and þæt wæter gȳt on āne stōwe, and stent, and ne yrnþ.
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Se Mōna
RihtUnder ungewissum mōnan is ān dǣl þæs weges gesewen betwēonan twām stillum stīpelum.
OnwendSe weg biþ bewrigen mid miste, oþþe ǣlc sceadu þyncþ egeslīc, and biþ geworht of ymbhȳdgum geþance.
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Sēo Sunne
RihtSēo Sunne is sēo tīd þonne lēoht līþe onlīht þæt þe wæs gehȳded, and þing magon bēon gesewen būtan sceame.
OnwendSēo Sunne onwend warnaþ lēohtes þe is tō micel, þonne ēac þā sceadwa sind ūt ādrifene, and nān þing ne mæg restan.
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Se Dōm
RihtBeorht clypung ārīsþ, and awecþ menn of langre reste.
OnwendSēo bȳme hafaþ geblāwen, and þū healdst þone loc of innan.
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Sēo Woruld
RihtĀn līchama plegaþ fægere innan hringe, and biþ gesewen of ǣlcum hyrnan.
OnwendSe plega andaþ ǣr se hring sīe belocen.
Ācsunga
Hū tōscēadaþ riht and onwend?
Sēo ilce anlīcnes, þonne hēo biþ onwend, hæfþ ōþer andgiet. Riht is sēo carte swā hēo ūpweardes licgaþ. Onwend is ieldung, ungemet, oþþe andgiet þe is onwend. Onwend anlīcnes is sēo carte þe is healfes ymbhworfen. On þǣm hrycge is sēo carte þe þone bæc ætīewþ.
Mæg man ǣlce dæg tēon?
Ānne on dæg, oþþe fela ætsomne. Þonne se hēap biþ geendod, biþ hē eft gemenged.