Se Wīgwægn
VII
Riht
Se wægnere hielt þā brīdelas, and lǣt þone wægn þe twā ungelīce nīetenu tēoþ. Hīe willaþ missenlīce, and se weg biþ ān, for þȳ þe sēo hand hīe tōgædere hielt.
Se Wīgwægn is nā hrædes færeldes āna. Hē is se dōm tō farenne, and tō healdanne þā þe tēoþ. Þā mægenu ne þurfon bēon gelīc. Hīe þurfon bēon gelǣdde.
Tōdæg nemne þīn endemærc, and heald þā brīdelas. Ne lǣt ān nīeten þæt ōþer oferweorpan. Se þerscold biþ tō oferfarenne.
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Īsenhæwen Gā forþ mid ānum willan, for þȳ þe þæt geat openaþ æt þīnre hrīninge.
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Seolfor Ber þisne glīem swā stillne bend betwēonan þǣr þū eart and þām þe þū settst þē tō dōnne.
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Gold Sīe þīn dæg forþgāngende mid sibbe and anrǣdnesse.
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Cynehæwen Forþgang mæt steore, and geþēod willan tō clǣnum pæþe.
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Flotahæwen Se āmearcoda weg is stæþig, and ælc færeld onginnþ mid þām ǣrestan getwinnodan stæpe.
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Dēopbasu Læt ǣlcne þerscold ārigean ēgþer ge þæt wilde ge þæt geglengede on þē.
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Hwīt Folg þone weg mid clǣnum mōde and clǣnum handum.
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Blæc Stæþiga þīne handa tō færeldes, for þȳ þe forþgang geþēodeþ betst wiþ anrǣdnesse.
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Beorht hæwen Læt þone dæg openian swā geat beforan þē, and gā forþ mid stæþigum handum.
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Æcerhæwen Forþgang cymþ þonne þū geþēodst þæt wilde wiþ þæt geglengede.
Onwend
Se Wīgwægn styreþ, and nā gȳt ofer þone þerscold. Þā nīetenu tēoþ tō missenlīcum wegu, and sēo hand is wērig, oþþe hēo is tō heard, and se wægn stent.
Onwend, sēo styrenes is onlīc færeldes, and þēah þū wunast on þǣre ilcan stōwe. Þū iernst, and se weg ne ontȳnþ. Oþþe þū bīdest, and hāttst þā bīdunge sige.
Tōdæg cēos ānne weg, and lǣt þone ōþerne. Gif þū bēgen brīdelas tōgædere nelt healdan, þonne stæp of þām wægne, and gā ānne stæpe be fōtum.
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Rēad Ber sum warmþe forþ, for þȳ þe styrenes is gȳt andgiet.
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Fȳrrēad Of stæþigum grunde, þe geþyldige handa worhton, finde þīn færeld his sōþne weg.
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Rēadgeolu Ēac þonne wegas tōgāþ, wierþ se gang self his āgen lēan.
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Deorc rēad Ēac on gewinne gemyndgaþ sēo heorte hire weg hām.
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Brūn Þæt feld gemyndgaþ ælcne fōtlāst, and wyrttruman healdaþ fæste ēac þonne wegas ne dōþ.
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Sadolbrūn For grundfæstnesse on ymbhweorftum þe eft bīgaþ, getrīewe þām gehrorenen pæþe under þē.
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Dimgræg Ber geþyld stānes and behāt rēnes, for þȳ þe styrenes is hwīlum hire āgen cyme.
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Stāngræg Læt þone dæg bēon gemearcod mid anbīdunge and mid hrīninge stānes.
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Deorc stāngræg Folg þone stān and þæt weder, and lǣt styrunge hire ryne findan.
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Dēoprēad Styrenes self wierþ cyn cyme, and ēac on ymbhwyrftum findst þū þæt þe wunaþ.