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_Bede: died 735._
For tham ned-fere | Before the necessary journey
neni wirtheth | no one becomes
thances suotera | more prudent in thought
thonne him thearf sy, | than is needful to him,
to ge-hicgeune | to search out
er his heonon-gange | before his going hence
hwet his gaste | what to his spirit
godes othe yveles | of good or of evil
efter deathe heonon | after his death hence
demed weorthe. | will be judged.
_EXTRACT FROM THE SAXON CHRONICLE--Tenth Century._
Tha feng AElfred AEthelwulfing to | Then took Alfred, son of Ethelwulf
West-Seaxna rice; and thaes ymb aenne | to the West Saxon's kingdom; and
monath gefeaht AElfred cyning with | that after one month fought Alfred
ealne thone here lytle werode aet | king against all the army with a
Wiltoune, and hine lange on daeg | little band at Wilton, and them long
geflymde, and tha Deniscan ahton | during the day routed and then the
wael-stowe geweald. And thaes geares | Danes obtained of the battle-field
wurdon nigon folcgefeoht gefohten | possession. And this year were nine
with thone here on tham cyne-rice be | great battles fought with the army
suthan Temese, butan tham the him | in the kingdom to the south of the
AElfred, and ealdormen, and cyninges | Thames, besides those in which
thegnas oft rada onridon the man na | Alfred, and the alder-men, and the
ne rimde.
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