Se Dēaþ

Se Dēaþ cymþ swā stillu bodung endes. Hē ne cymþ tō āwyrgenne þæt þe libban sceolde. Hē cymþ tō belūcanne þæt þe his tīd hæfþ gefylled.

Æfter þām belūce wunaþ se grund. Þæt þe fealleþ, þæt sind þā gelicnessa þe þē fram þām nīwan flōwe heoldon. Se ende is ēac geat.

Tōdæg nemne ān þing þe is geendod, and læt hit geendod bēon. Ne hāt hit wōh. Se weg æfter þām ende onginnþ, þonne þū þā duru ne healdst openne ofer hire tīd.

Þēah se ende nēalǣce, þū spenst þīne strengu on þǣre ealdan gelīcnesse. Þū wilt þæt ealde hīw healdan, and se dæg þe hit scolde forlǣtan is forþgewiten.

Onwend, se Dēaþ ne biþ āwyrged. Hē biþ ylded, and sēo ylding is hefigre þonne se ende. Þæt þe sceolde feallan, þæt hangþ, and his hefignes wexþ.

Tōdæg lǣt ān lȳtel þing feallan. Ne þearft þū eall forlǣtan on ānum dæge. Ac ne timbra eft þæt þe is ǣr gefeallen.