Se Wegfarend
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Riht
Ān līchama stent æt clifes ecge, mid lēohte byrþenne, hwītre rōsan on handa, and getrēowum hunde gehende. Hē is gearo tō gānne, and se weg beforan him is nū open.
Se Wegfarend is anginn, nā dwæs. Þæt þū nāst gȳt, þæt is sēo duru. Se hund bodaþ, and sēo rōse is lȳtel, and bēgen gāþ mid þē.
Tōdæg bitt þēos carte þē stæppan forþ, and beran lȳt. Se ǣresta stæpe is genōg.
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Hwīt Ǣlc færeld onginnþ on þǣre stilnesse ǣr word sīe gecweden.
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Snāw Trūwa þǣm helme þe ǣlcne ǣrestan stæpe wilcumaþ.
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Grēnhwīt Stæp ūt mid hyhte, for þām se weg is open.
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Huniggrēne Ber swētnesse intō nīwum anginnum, for þām se dæg is open and līþe.
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Lenctengrēne Læt swæcc nīwra wyrta oþþe hrīning cōles rēnes þīn færeld aweccan.
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Heofonhæwen Folga þām tācnum clǣnes anginnes, for þām ǣlc stæpe mæg þā woruld lāþian.
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Wolcnhæwen Gā under his openum behāte, ēac gif hit ān sīe on þīnum geþōhte.
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Gærsgrēne Lōca niþer, and læt þisne weg þē forþ beran, for þām se færeld onginnþ æt þīnum fōtum.
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Hwǣtegeolu Ber ānne þrǣd, and læt anginn þē findan.
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Flīetegeolu Gā līþe, swā sēo woruld nū ǣrest opene, for þām ǣlc færeld onginnþ þær þū stentst.
Onwend
Se ilca līchama wandaþ nū æt þǣm clife, and nāt hwæþer se grund under him sīe fæst. His stæpe slæcþ, oþþe for þȳ þe hē þā sōþan frēcennesse ne gīemþ, oþþe for þȳ þe ege hine hielt.
Onwend, se Wegfarend is anginn þe stent, oþþe lēap þe ne warnaþ. Þū wilt nīwe, and forgietst þone hund and þā rōsan. Oþþe þū lætst geþōhtne ege ǣlcne stæpe yldan.
Tōdæg scēawa hwæt þū berest, ǣr þū forþ gā. Tōdǣl þīne willan and þīne ege. Þonne þū þīne byrþenne ongietst, þonne meaht þū cēosan tīd and weg.
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Gāsthwīt Hwīlum is se selesta stæpe se þe þū unēaþe gesiehst.
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Rēchwīt Trūwa þām tācnum þe weorþaþ and gewītaþ, and læt ǣlce smale dǣde þīn līþe hlēap mearcian.
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Mistrōse Læt līþnesse wunian on ungewissum tīdum, for þām stillu yldung mæg þone ungesewenan grund ætīewan.
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Stāngræg Lār þisses dæges rideþ on ecge þæs cūþan, and hēo bitt geþyld ǣr þām hlēape.
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Dimgræg Yld ǣr þū ungewisne grund oferfare, and læt slāwe þing þīnne niehstan stæpe lǣdan.
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Blæc Stæp līþe þonne se grund ungesewen biþ, and hlyste þær stefn gewend ætȳwþ.
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Dēoprēad Hlēap, ac sēc þīn landungstōw.
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Fȳrrēad Se helm þe hand and hǣtu worhton wunaþ ofer ǣlcne hlēap.
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Dēopbasu Læt þone hlēap cuman ǣr þǣre landinge, for þām gelimp folgaþ þām unwariendan stæpe.
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Berrēad Sume þing rīpaþ betst æfter þām hlēape, and tōdæg is swæcc cyn trēowe.