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Skeat, Walter William, 1835-1912

"English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day"

13. Uos
sint salt eorthes th{ae}t gif salt forworthes in thon
estis sal terrae quod si sal euanuerit in quo
ges{ae}lted bith to
sallietur ad
nowihte _vel_ n{ae}nihte m{ae}ge ofer th{ae}t
nihilum ualet ultra
buta th{ae}t gesended bith _vel_ geworpen {'u}t
nisi ut mittatur foras
and getreden bith from monnum
et conculcetur ab hominibus
gie aron _vel_ sint leht middangeardes
14. Uos estis lux mundi
ne m{ae}g burug _vel_ ceastra gehyda _vel_ gedeigla ofer mor
non potest ciuitas abscondi supra monte
geseted ne ec bernas th{ae}ccille _vel_ leht-f{ae}t
posita. 15. neque accendunt lucernam
and settas tha _vel_ hia unther mitte
et ponunt eam sub
_vel_ under sestre ah ofer leht-isern and lihteth allum tha the in
modio sed super candelabrum et luceat omnibus qui in
hus bithon _vel_ sint
domo sunt.
The history of the Northern dialect during the next three centuries, from
the year 1000 to nearly 1300, with a few insignificant exceptions, is a
total blank.


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