Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — In Caput Ieiunii…
“ Eft is us to smeagenne hu se ælmihtiga crist284 his eadmodnysse cydde · þaða he to cƿale sealde hine sylfne for us · ⁊ sƿa ure synna æt-bræd · hu mæg nu manna eadmodnys beon mycel geþuht · togeanes his eadmodnysse þe ælmihtig god is · Ƿe sædon nu þis spel · forðan þe her bið læs manna289 on ƿodnes dæg · ðonne nu to dæg beoð · ⁊ eoƿ gebyrað ge beon gescrifene · on ðissere ƿucan · oððe huru on ðære oðre · Sy him á ƿuldor ðe leofað · ⁊ rixað on ecnysse ·293 ece drihten · AMen ”
