TEXTE ANGLO-SAXON

Thyslic me is gesewen Cyning this andwarde lit manna on eorthan to withmetenysse thaere tide the us uncuth is. swa gelic swa thu aet swaesendum sitte mid thinum ealdormannum and thegnum on winter tide. And sy fyr onaeled and tliin heall gewyrmed. and hit rine and sniwe and styrme ute. Cume thonne an spearwa and hraedlice the hus thurh fleo thurh othre duru in. thurh othre ut gewite"- hwet he on tha tid the he inné bith. ne bith ryned mid thy storme thaes wintres. ac that bith an eagan brihtm and the lseste faec. ac he sona of wintra in winter eft cymeth. Swa thonne this monna lif to medmyclum faece œtyweth. Hwa3t ther foregange. oththe hwaet thœr afterfylige we ne cunnon;- Forthon gif theos niwe lare owiht cuthlicre and gerisenlicre bringe. heo thaes wirthe is that we thœre fyligean ;•

(Traduction saxonne de l'Histoire ecclésiastique de Bède par le roi Alfred, liv. II, chap. xn.)