Sēo Abbodesse

Ān wīf sitt stille betwēonan twām swēorum, and þæt gewrit on hire scēate is healf open. Hēo ne ætīewþ eall þæt hēo wāt, and þæt sōþ wunaþ on stilnesse.

Under þǣm openan gewrite ligeþ ōþer, þæt nā gȳt næfþ word: swefn, andgiet, and þā gefēl þe bīdaþ. Sēo Abbodesse hielt þā dīegolnesse þe ne willaþ bēon ārādde.

Tōdæg sit betwēonan þām swēorum, and læt þīne ācsunga opene. Ne nīed þæt andswaru. Hit cymþ on his āgenre tīde.

Þæt gewrit biþ oþþe belocen, and his dīegolnes gehæfd, oþþe tō wīde ontȳned, and his word tōstenced. Sēo stilnes wierþ weall, and se innera stæfn wierþ tō wissum þe nā gȳt sind sōþe.

Onwend, þū oferhīerst þæt þe þū gehīeran sceoldest, oþþe þū ætīewst þæt þe sceolde wunian behȳded. Se setl betwēonan þām swēorum is īdel.

Tōdæg ne nīed andsware of þām þe is gȳt dīegol. Læt þā ācsunga restan ōþre niht. Sēo bōc mæg belocen bēon.