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Thureth
Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)
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Ic eom halgungboc; healde hine dryhten þe me fægere þus frætewum belegde. þureð to þance þus het me wyrcean, to loue and to wurðe, þam þe leoht gesceop. Gemyndi is he mihta gehwylcre þæs þe he on foldan gefremian mæg, and him geþancie þeoda waldend þæs þe he on gemynde madma manega wyle gemearcian metode to lace; and he sceal ece lean ealle findan þæs þe he on foldan fremaþ to ryhte.