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The Sources of Standard English.


þe Gode luuedon. þat hi scoldon to him cumene. and
that                                                                         come
seotte þa dæi hwonne man scolde þat mynstre gehalegon.
    set             day    when                                                          hallow
. . . . . .
And ic bidde ealle þa þa æfter me cumen. beon hi mine
                         all those that                                     be   they
sunes. beon hi mine breðre. ouþer kyningas þa æfter me
                                                           or        kings
cumen. þat ure gyfe mote standen. swa swa hi willen
                  our   gift   may
beon delnimende on þa ece lif. and swa swa hi wilen
                  partakers in the eternal
ætbeorstan þet ece wite. Swa hwa swa ure gife ouþer
     escape                   punishment. Whosoever
oþre godene manne gyfe wansiað. wansie him seo
of other   good      men               lessens                            the
heofenlice iateward on heofenrice. And swa hwa swa
   heavenly    gate-ward    heaven-kingdom
hit eceð. ece him seo heofenlice iateward on heofenrice.
   increases
Ðas sindon þa witnes þe þær wæron. and þa þat gewriten
These   are                                                                                  wrote
mid here fingre on Cristes mele. and ietten mid here
with   their                                  cross            agreed
tunge. . . . Ðes writ wæs gewriton æfter ure.
Drihtnes acennednesse DCLXIIII. þes kyningas
   Lord's                   birth
Wulhferes seoueþende gear. þes ærcebiscopes Deusdedit
                         seventh
IX gear. Leidon þa Godes curs. and ealre halgane curs.
              They laid then                                             saints'
and al cristene folces. þe ani þing undyde þat þær wæs
gedon. swa beo hit seið alle. Amen.
  done      so     be    it    say