ABSTRACT

Lȳtel ic wes betwih brōður mīnę ǫnd iu[n]gra in hūse feadur mīnes. Ic fœ̄dde sēp feadur mīnes. Honda mīne dydun organan; fingras mīne wyrctun hearpan. Ǫnd hwelc segde Dryhtne mīnum? Hē Dryhten, hē allra gehērde mec; hē sęnde ęngel his, ǫnd nōm mec of scēpum feadur mīnes, ǫnd smirede mec in mildheartnisse smirenisse his. Brō,ður mīne gōde ǫnd miclę ǫnd ne wes welgelīcad in him Dryhtne. Ic ūt ēode ongegn fremðes cynnes męnn, ǫnd węrgcweodelade mec in hergum heara; ic sōðlīce gebrogdnum frǫm him his āgnum sweorde ic ācearf hēafud his, ǫnd onweg āfirde edwīt of bearnum Isrǣla.