EAST MIDLAND DIALECT OF 1120.
Extracts from a forged Peterborough Charter (inserted in the year 656):
Ða seonde se kyning æffter þone abbode þet he æues-
Then
sent
the
king
after
the
abbot
that
he speedily
telice scolde to him cumon. and he swa dyde. Ða cwæd
should
come
so
did
quoth
se kyning to þan abbode. La leof Sæxulf. ic haue geseond
Lo, loved
I
have
sent
æfter þe for mine saule þurfe. and ic hit wile þe wæl
thee
soul's
need
it will
well
secgon for hwi. Min broðor Peada and min leoue freond
say
why
brother
loved
friend
Oswi ongunnen an mynstre Criste to loue and Sancte
began
minster
to
Christ's glory
Petre. Oc min broþer is faren of þisse liue, swa swa Crist
But
gone from
life
as
wolde. Oc ic wile þe gebidden. la leoue freond. þat hii
pray to
they
wirce æuostlice on þere werce. and ic þe wile finden
may work diligently
the
þærto gold and siluer. land and ahte. and al þæt þærto
goods
behofeð. Ða feorde se abbot ham. and ongan to wircene.
behoves
went
home
began
Swa he spedde swa him Crist huðe. swa þet in feuna
So
as
granted
few
geare wæs þat mynstre gare. Ða þa kyning heorda þæt
years
ready. When
heard
gesecgon. þa wærd se swiðe glæd. heot seonden geond
said
was
he
right
glad
he bade
through
al hi þeode æfter alle his þægne. æfter ærcebiscop. and
his
people
thanes
æfter biscopes. and æfter his eorles. and æfter alle þa
those
