Se Dēofol

Twēgen līchaman standaþ gebundene, and þā racenteaga þyncaþ þicce, and þēah þā healsbēagas sind lēase genōh þæt man hīe ādō. Se bend is gesewen heardra þonne hē is.

Se Dēofol hēr is nā fremde mægen āna. Oft is hē se willa þe þū self beclystest, and siþþan hāttst hine nīed. Þæt þe þē bint, þæt hæfþ þīnne naman on him.

Tōdæg sceawa þone healsbēag. Gif hē lēas is, ādō hine. Ne bīd ōþres þe þone cnottan līese. Sēo hand þe hine dyde, sēo mæg hine undōn.

Þā racenteaga þe wǣron gehȳdede onginnaþ ætīewan. Þū gesiehst þone bend, and þæt gesihþ is se ǣresta stæpe, nā gȳt sēo ālīesednes self.

Onwend, se Dēofol ne flīehþ for þȳ þe þū his naman cweþst. Hē flīehþ þonne þū þā dǣde forlǣtst þe hine fēdde. Sēo oncnāwennes bitt ānne stæpe æfter hire.

Tōdæg nemne ānne bend þe þū gesiehst. Ne þearft þū ealle tōdæg līesan. Ān open cnytting is anginn, and hēo is genōg tōdæg.