Se Cāsere
IV
Riht
Se Cāsere sitt on stānenum cynestōle, and his ēagan gāþ feorr ofer þisne andweardan dæg. Hē sett mearce, and þā mearce healdaþ þone weg openne.
Riht hēr is nā heardnes for hire selfre. Hit is se rīm þe menn magon on wunian. Ān dōm þe stent, þæt is trēow þām þe under him libbaþ.
Tōdæg sette āne mearce þe þū meaht healdan. Nemne þæt þe þū bewerast, and heald hit. Se cynestōl is þæt þū stille sittst, and feorr gesiehst.
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Fȳrrēad Sēo endebyrdnes wunaþ þurh þæt þe þā handa timbriaþ.
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Dēopbasu Sēo endebyrdnes wexeþ of þǣm þe sett is, and mearce fēdaþ þæt þe wunaþ.
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Rēad Þǣr se līg biþ boren, þǣr wacaþ se regol, and se beorgweg wunaþ riht.
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Eorþbrūn Sēo eorþe is fæst under þīnum stæpe, and mearce, þonne hīe gesette sind, healdon strange.
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Sadolbrūn Se regol healdeþ þone weg.
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Īsenhæwen Lǣt þīnne regol bēon frōfor, and þīne gewunan bēon strengþu.
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Stāngræg Lǣt endebyrdnesse þīne geþeaht fæstnian, and mearce þone weg clǣnne healdan.
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Græg Þis sind þā stānas under þīnum wege, and þā wolcn þe endebyrdnesse heofones healdaþ.
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Seolfor Lǣt þā gewunan stilnesse bringan, and þā mearce strengþe.
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Dēoprēad Āræfna and timbra, for þǣm þā mearce þe þū tōdæg begæst scieppaþ þā wegas þe þū tō morgen gǣst.
Onwend
Se cynestōl ne gedafenaþ þǣm Cāsere leng. Þā mearce sind tō nearwe, oþþe hīe sind forlorene, and nān mann nāt hwǣr se weg ligeþ. Se dōm biþ tō þǣm menn, nā tō þǣre þearfe.
Onwend, se rīm wierþ tō byrþenne, oþþe þū forlǣtst þone rīm and hāttst unriht frēodom. Bēgen weg aslīdaþ.
Tōdæg sceawa hwæþer þīn cynestōl gȳt þēne weg heald. Gif hē ne deþ, ālīes āne mearce, oþþe sette eft þā þe þū forlēte. Ne sitt for þǣm settle ānum.
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Deorc rēad On þǣre stilnesse wunaþ se fæstnes, and timber mæg andfeng weorþan gif þū cīesþ.
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Blæc On swīgean bīdeþ nīwe regol, and stilnes wunaþ.
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Dimgræg Ēac ǣmtige hīw healdon heora āgene strengþe, and regol wuniaþ þonne nāht elles wunaþ.
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Deorc stāngræg Lǣt fæstnesse þinga þē fæstnian, ēac þonne andgit feorr þyncþ, for þǣm se ymbhwyrft wunaþ and þæt þ…
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Rēadbrūn Lǣt þā ealdan hīw rūm healdan, ēac þonne sēo heorte forþ is gewiten, for þǣm nīw līf mæg sittan on …
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Dēop fealu Lǣt þā ealdan endebyrdnessa þǣre eorþan þē regol giefan þonne se willa þynne þyncþ.
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Lēoht stāngræg Āræfna þæt weder, and ne onhræd þone ǣmtigan stōl.
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Brūn Lǣt gemynd and endebyrdnesse þīne hand fæstnian, for þǣm andgit is on þǣm weorce þe æfter wunaþ.
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Rēchwīt Swīge bereþ þā ealdan hīw forþ, and nīwes dæges steor resteþ on stillum handum.
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Snāw Dæg is þis stillra hīwa and ealdra endebyrdnessa, and ēac se Cāsere bīdeþ lenctenes.