For þam nedfere • næni wyrþeþ þances snotera, • þonne him þearf sy to gehicgenne • ær his heonengange hwæt his gaste • godes oþþe yfeles æfter deaþe … - Bede

Fore there neidfaerae • naenig uuiurthit
thoncsnotturra • than him tharf sie
to ymbhycggannae • aer his hiniongae
huaet his gastae • godaes aeththa yflaes
aefter deothdaege • doemid uueorthae.

It is told that there was then such perfect peace in Britain, wheresoever the dominion of King Edwin extended, that, as is still proverbially said, a woman with her new-born babe might walk throughout the island, from sea to sea, without receiving any harm.

Nū scylun herᵹan • hefaenrīcaes Uard,
metudæs maecti • end his mōdᵹidanc,
uerc Uuldurfadur, • suē hē uundra ᵹihwaes,
ēci dryctin • ōr āstelidæ
hē ǣrist scōp • aelda barnum
heben til hrōfe, • hāleᵹ scepen.
Thā middunᵹeard • moncynnæs Uard,
eci Dryctin, • æfter tīadæ
firum foldu, • Frēa allmectiᵹ.