Ælfric of Eynsham, Preface to Genesis Assignment 16 — ed. atho5550
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Man offrode eac fela cynna orf Gode to lace binnan ðam getelde; be ðam is swyðe mænifeald getacnung, and wæs beboden ðæt se tægl sceolde beon gehal æfre on ðam nytene æt ðære offrungae, for ðære getacnunge ðæt God wile ðæt we symble well don oð ende ures lifes; ðonne bið se tægl geoffrod on urum weorcum.
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