Ælfric of Eynsham, Preface to Genesis Assignment 15 — ed. yhua1185
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To ðam weorce brohte ðæt folc gold and seolfor and deorwurðe gimstanas and mænifealde mærða; sume eac brohton gatehær, swa swa seo æ bebead. Þæt gold getacnode urne geleafan and ure gode ingehyd, ðe we Gode offrian sceolon; ðæt seolfor getacnode Godes spræca and ða halgan lare, ðe we habban sceolon to Godes weorcum; ða gimstanas getacnodon mislice fægernyssa on Godes mannum; ðæt gatehær getacnode ða stiðan dædbote ðæra manna, ðe heora synna behreowsiað.
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