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Extract from Maxims I


  Cyning sceal mid ċēape     cwēne ġebicgan,
  bunum ond bēagum;     sceolon ǣrest
  ġeofum gōd wesan.     Gūð sceal in eorle,
  wīġ ġeweaxan,     ond wīf ġeþēon
85 lēof mid hyre lēodum,     leohtmōd wesan,
  rūne healdan,     rūmheort bēon
  mēarum ond māþmum;     meodorǣdenne,
  for ġesīðmæġen     symle ǣġhwǣr
  eodor æþelinga     ǣrest ġegrētan,
90 forman fulle     frēan hond
  ricene ġerǣcan,     ond him rǣd witan
  boldāgendum     bǣm ætsomne.