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Ælfric Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Martyrdom of St…

Datianus þa se deofollica éhtere ⁠045
hét gebringan þa halgan gebúndene mid rácenteagū
into ánre burig · ⁊ hí begen (het) be-lucan
on leoht-léasum cƿeárterne ·
(⁊) Lét hí liggan sƿa ⁠048
on mete-leaste (sƿiðe) micclū ge-héfegode
mid þā héardan ísene · hópode  hi scéolde
þurh þa ƿíta abúgan frā godes ge-leafan ·
Æft̅ langsumū fyrste he hét hí gebringan hī to · ⁠052
ƿende  hí ƿǽron mid þā ƿítū for-numene ·
⁊ mid þære mete-leaste | miht-lease gedóne ·
ƿolde hi geƿítnian mid márū [→máran] ƿítū ·
 hí sƿa eaðelice ge-éndian ne scéoldan ·
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Ælfric Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Martyrdom of St…

Eala þu ualerius ic þe be-frine nu · ⁠065
hƿæt dest þu mid þā  þu durre ƿinne
ongéan þone cásere (oððe ongein us) sƿilce þurh éaƿfæstrnysse ·
ac [→Ac] þe bisceop ne [→nolde] ge-andƿearde þā ƿælhreoƿū sƿa hraðe
forþan þe god ƿólde  he ƿúrde ofer-sƿiðed
þurh þone diacon (vincenti᷒) on þā martir-dóme
þe þa gearo ƿæs to þā ƿuldorfullan sige ·
⁊  se man-fulla mihte eac to-cnaƿan
 se bisceop mihte mid gebyldū (⁊ godū) geléafan
his ƿíta for-seon ·
Þa ða he ƿearð ofer-sƿíðed ⁠074
þurh þone diacon mid his (leofan) drihtnes ge-leafan [→mihte] .
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Ælfric Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Martyrdom of St…

Forþan þe he sylf sceal sƿærran ƿítu þroƿian · ⁠092
⁊ he byð ofer-sƿiðed on minre gesƿéncednysse ·
Þa geangsumode (bealh hine) [over geangsumode] sona se árleasa datianus · ⁠094
⁊ cƿæð to his gingrū ⁊ to his ƿitnerū þus ·
For-læteð þysne bisceop ⁊ ge-bringaþ on ƿítū ⁠096
uincentiū þone ƿiðer-coran þe us mid ƿórdū sƿa tynð ·
ahóð hine (ic háte) on þære héngene · ⁊ hételice astreccað
ealle his lima ·  þa líþa hī to-gaan ·
Þa ge-fæstnodon þa cƿelleras þone cristes þegn ⁠100
on þære héardan héngene · ⁊ hine hetelice tihton
sƿa sƿa man ƿeb tiht · ⁊ se ƿæl-hreoƿa hī cƿ̅ to ·
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