Sēo Woruld

Ān līchama plegaþ fægere innan hringe, and biþ gesewen of ǣlcum hyrnan. Þēos carte is se ende færeldes, ymbhwyrft þe his wæstm hæfþ geboren.

Sēo Woruld nis nā īdelnes æfter þām weorce. Hēo is se stede þǣr eall þæt þū leornodest biþ ætsomne gesewen. Se ende ontȳnþ ōþer anginn, swā se Wegfarend stæpþ intō þām nīwan.

Tōdæg gīem þæs þe is ymbgān. Ne sēce ārest þæt þe wanaþ. Oncnāw þone hring þe belocen is, and læt hine bēon grund þæs þe cymþ.

Se plega andaþ ǣr se hring sīe belocen. Þū wandast æt þām endenīehstan stæpe, for þȳ þe þæt þe þū worhtest þyncþ unfull. Oþþe þū gǣst ymbe þone ilcan weg, and ne meaht āne bōc belūcan.

Onwend, sēo gefyllednes ǣlce tīde gǣþ feorr. Ǣlc weorc bitt ōþer weorc, and þū ne cymst. Þū iernst on ymbhwyrfte þe næfþ loc.

Tōdæg belūc ānne ymbhwyrft þe þū meaht belūcan, þēah hē unfull sīe. Ǣr þū mā on þā unāfylledan rīm sette, geenda ān lȳtel þing. Se loc giefþ rūm nīwum færeldum.