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Sēo Cwēn, riht

Sēo Cwēn

III

Riht

Sēo Cwēn is sēo stōw wæstmes: corn rīpaþ, wudu giefþ helm, and clǣne wæter yrnþ. Hēr biþ genōg, and þæt genōg cymþ of eorþan, nā of ofermōde.

Wæstm is nā hræd. Hē bæd tīd, and rēn, and handa þe willaþ bīdan. Þæt þū fēdst, þæt fētt þē eft.

Tōdæg gief þām þe weaxeþ þā tīd þe hit þearf. Ne gadera ǣr. Se wæstm sægþ self þonne hē gearo biþ.

Onwend

Sēo Cwēn, onwend

Sēo eorþe mæg wērig bēon, oþþe þū gaderast ǣr se wæstm sīe gearo. Þæt land giefþ, and þū nimst mā þonne hit mæg giefan, oþþe þū forgitst þæt land mid ealle.

Onwend, sēo wæstmbǣrnes wierþ tō wērigum ofermōde, oþþe tō ælmessan þe þū ne underfēhst. Þā handa willaþ hræde, and se æppel is gȳt grēne.

Tōdæg læt ān þing rīpan. Gif þū wērig eart, rest ǣr þū eft sāwst. Se grund mæg gȳt fēdan, gif þū hine ne berēafast.