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| Þæs cyninges dohtor wæs micelra mægena fæmne | The king's daughter was a woman of great strengths |
| Hie wæron englum gelice | They were like angels |
| Ic wat þæt he inc abolgen wyrð | I know that he will become angry with you |
| Þa Eadmund clypode ænne bisceop þe him þa gehendost wæs | Then Edmund called a bishop who was then the nearest to him |
| Ælfred wæs Westseaxna cyning | Alfred was the (a) king of the West Saxons |
| Ðin eage is þines lichaman leohtfæt | Your eye is your body's lamp |
| Þone cyning seceð se þeow | It is the king whom the servant seeks |
| He wunode on dunum dæges and nihtes | He lived in the mountains by day and by night |
| Hi sendon þam cyninge sumne bisceop | They sent a certain bishop to the king |
| Her com Port on Brytene and his twegan sunan | Here [i.e. in this year] came Port to Britain with his two sons |
| Ic geseah mines folces geswinc on Egypta lande, and heora hream ic gehyrde | I saw the toil of my people in Egypt, and I heard their outcry |
| On ðisum namum byð se a lang on eallum casum | In these words, the a is long in all cases |