The Old and Middle English.
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| he þohhte þatt mann munnde y beon | y would | |
| off hiss dæþ swiþe bliþe, | ||
| and wisste þatt mann munnde þa z | z then | |
| for hemm full sare wepenn, | ||
| and wollde swa þatt all þe follc | ||
| þatt time shollde wepenn, | ||
| þatt mann himm shollde findenn dæd | ||
| þohh itt forr himm ne wære. |
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| And affterr þatt ta wass he dæd | ||
| In all hiss miccle sinne. | ||
| acc þær wass mikell oferrgarrt a | a haughtiness | |
| and modiʓesse b shæwedd | b pride | |
| abutenn þatt stinnkennde lic c | c body | |
| þær itt wass brohht till eorþe; | ||
| forr all þe bære d wass bileʓʓd | d bier | |
| wiþþ bætenn gold and sillferr, | ||
| and all itt wass eʓʓwhær e bisett | e everywhere | |
| wiþþ deorewurrþe f staness, | f precious | |
| and all þatt wæde g þatt tær wass | g apparel | |
| uppo þe bære fundenn, | ||
| all wass itt off þe bettste pall | ||
| þatt aniʓ mann maʓʓ aʓhenn, h | h own | |
| and all itt wass wmidenn wiþþ gold | ||
| and sett wiþþ deore staness, | ||
| and all he wass wurrþlike shridd i | i honourably clothed | |
| alls iff he wære o life, | ||
| and onn hiss hæfedd wærenn twa | ||
| gildene cruness sette, | ||
| and himm wass sett inn hiss rihht hannd | ||
| an dere kineʓerrde k; | k sceptre | |
| and swa mann barr þatt fule l lic | l foul | |
| till þær he bedenn haffde. m | m had bidden | |
| and hise cnihhtess alle imæn n | n together | |
| forth ʓedenn o wiþþ þe bære, | o went |
