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Faurawaurd Ni skuli þata leitilo waurdahuzd sunjonais þaurban. Faur þeihsafarandjos auk jah þeihsafarands meliþ ïst gutiskona, þoei fauragamanwida ïn aggiliskon rodjandam aiwam wraton wileina, ïbai aufto fralusana wairþaina aiþþau usqumana ïn wanis ufkunþjis þizos filu þaurftons razdos. Nist aggile razda hardus. Samakuns auk þizai unsarai ïst - ganiþjo hva framida - þizos gairmaniskons fadreinais wisands liþus, þauhjabai triggwaba ïnmaidida. Ïnuh þis sinteino waurda bigitam, þoei uns kunþa sind: "grass", du frisahtai, aiþþau "silver" (silubr), "wind", "full", jah swa framwigis, alla þo samona bandwjand þoei þu mant! Jah jabai bruks rahnjaima Kreke razda galaisjan uns jah þo rumaniskaizos þiudos, hvaiwa mais skulaima bruk domjan kunþi razdos þizos, sei swe fairra jah and rum rodada jah þeihs? Nih allis ufarmunnom, þammei so aggilisko razda ni þe haldis ïn swesamma mela frahunþana ïst, ak fairra urrumnanda ïn missaleikaim aiwam þairh wratoduns swaleikaize þeihsafarande merjaize swe Hvis Lekeis, Arþuris Daintis jah þis mikilins Homairis Simpissunaus. Managozuþ-þan sind sauþos þis anawairþins du gaweison - þo managistona bi all swiknos: kaupons raihtis jah fairweit jah gabaurjoþus, jah þlauhs us wrakai, jah wailamereins jah lekeinassaus sokns jah fraweit, aiþþau aufto þatainei wlaiton. Sai, bi sunjai sa prophetus qaþ: "Ni waiht warida ïst, ak all binah." Managa jah sind lewa faur þeihsafarandjos waros jah þeihsafarands handugans du gafahan, þishun innana þize aggiliskons brukjandane aiwe. Jaþþe wileis miþ þis anawairþins gabigaim maþlam kaupon, jaþþe gairnjais ïn wiganam þraifstjan sleidjaim þis anþaris tigudins jah frumins jerahundis (ïþ þatainei "on the goodies' side", ufjo du qiþan!), manna ni mag ïnu godata waurdahuzd wisan. Þannu nu, at gamanwjandin sis þamma framþagkjandin þeihsafarand, jah gaskaftjandein sis þizai þeihsafarandjai faragairnai, ni bilaif mis nauh ainhun qiþan waurde alja ain. Ussahtaba auk wulþag ist þairh þeihs faran: filu raihtis sind laune, botos managnand, aþþan abros jah sind bireikeins jah fraistubnjos. Ni wairþiþ sa meljans skula bi wundufnjo ainaihun, þo sei ïn missabrukeins þizo boko gagaggai. Nih andnimiþ fairina, ni ïn wunne, nih sleiþe, nih þulaine, nih þreihsle, nih agliþo, nih aglono, nih unseleino, nih fraluste, skaþize, aiþþau saire ainhun þatei ïdreigaba afar anakunnain wairþai þis hnaiwins waurdahuzdis meinis. Ïþ afqiþiþ dwaliþa fariduh frodaba jah abraba maht ïst, þatei ïzwara sweþauh þatainei fawa usqumana wairþand! Fariþ nu waila, jah sijai ïzwis wratodjus hlasai. Paitrus Ravenna, 503 |