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| Þa men ðe Iohannes fullode, ða wæron eft gefullode on Cristes fulluhte | The people whom John baptized, they were baptized again at Christ's baptism [or: drop the comma, and read "were then baptized again..."] |
| Ðes is min leofa sunu þe me wel licað | This is my beloved son who pleases me |
| Ure aliesend is mara and mærra eallum gesceaftum | Our redeemer is greater and more illustrious than all creatures |
| Saga hwæt ic hatte | Say what I am called |
| Ic giestron wæs geong acenned | Yesterday I was born young |
| Man brohte his heafod on anum disce | They brought his head on a platter (or: his head was brought on a platter) |
| Þone cyning seceð se þeow | It is the king whom the servant seeks |
| Man bið þy strengra þe he bið micel on his lichoman | One is the stronger as one is large in body |
| Se cyning seceð þone þeow | The king seeks the servant |
| Þa cwæð se engel to hyre | Then the angel said to her |
| He geaf his dohtor Burgrede cyninge | He gave his daughter to King Burgred |
| ...ealle unrihtwisnessa þa ic gefremde fram geoguðe minre æt ðysne andwerdan dæg | ...all the injustices which I have committed from my youth up to this present day |