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Heofon is fæger
Heaven is beautiful.
Ic secge þæt word.
I speak that word
Þu bringst þone hlaf
You bring the loaf.
Niht is sweart
Night is dark
Wæter floweð ofer land.
Water flows over the land.
Ic geseo fuglas on heofone
I see birds in the sky.
Sunnan scinð ofer eorðan
The sun shines over the earth
Se mann færð to huse.
The man goes to the house.
Þæt modor lufað hire cild
The mother loves her child.
Þæt treow stent on feld.
The tree stands in the field.