Sēo Rihtwīsnes

Sēo Rihtwīsnes is sēo stōw þǣr dōm and wǣge mētaþ, mid sweorde and mid wǣge. Þæt sweord tōdǣlþ, and sēo wǣge sægþ hwæþer þā healfa standen efne.

Riht hēr nis nā wracu. Hit is se dōm þe þæt þe þū dydest, and þæt þe þē wæs gedōn, tōgædere sett. Þū meaht þā wǣge rǣdan, gif þū þā healfa ne hīehst.

Tōdæg wege þā twā healfa ǣr þū dēme. Nemne þæt þe on þǣre wǣge ligeþ, ēac þæt þe þē ne līcaþ. Þonne ān is se dōm þe þū meaht healdan.

Sēo Rihtwīsnes warnaþ ungewǣges, oþþe rihtes þe þū tō þē selfum bīegst. Sēo wǣge hieldeþ, and þū hāttst þā hieldinge sōþ. Oþþe þū ālǣtst þā wǣge, and dēmst of eorre.

Se dōm cymþ tō hræde, oþþe hē ne cymþ nǣfre, for þȳ þe þū þā healfa nelt geseon. Þæt sweord is āhafen, and nān mearc nis gesett.

Tōdæg sette þā wǣge eft on emnette. Gif þū dēmdest for þē, cweþ þæt openlīce, and wege eft. Riht mæg bīdan ānne dæg, and hit ne mæg bēon gebīged and gȳt riht hātan.