Ælfric

“ Dionisius þa arás · ⁊ hraðe efste to paule⁠072
mid eallum his hiƿum to ðam halgan fulluhte ·
⁊ ƿearð gefullod · ⁊ folgode paule
þreo gear tosomne sƿa hƿider sƿa he siðode ·
⁊ deoplice under-nam drihtnes lare æt him ·
oð  se halga apostol hine gehadode to bisceope ·
to þære atheniscan byrig þær he geboren ƿæs ·
⁊ het hine bodian bealdlice geleafan ·
⁊  halige godspel þam hæðenum leodum ·
Dionisius þa ƿunode deoplice gelæred⁠081
on þære foresædan byrig æt his bisceop-stole ·
⁊ bodode þam land-folce godes lare georne ·
þam þe he ær ƿæs lareoƿ on heora geleaf-leaste · ”

“ Dionisius þa ferde | geond fela burga gehƿider ·⁠102
⁊ geond land bodigende bealdlice geleafan ·
⁊ ge-bigde mancynn micclum to gode ·
⁊ untrume gehælde on þæs hælendes naman ·
oð ðæt he geaxode  þa arƿurþan apostolas ·
petrus · ⁊ paulus · on cƿearterne ƿæron
on romana byrig under þā reþan nero ·
Þa ƿolde dionisius gif hit geƿurðan mihte⁠109
þroƿian martyrdom mid þam apostolum ·
⁊ ge-ƿende þa ham · mid ƿundorlicum ofste ·
betæhte his bisceop-stol oþrum bisceope sona ·
⁊ ferde fram greclande mid geferum to rome ·
ofer langne ƿæg æfre geleafan bodigende · ”

“ Paulus eode þa gleaƿ-lice ⁊ heora godas sceaƿode⁠020
ealle be endebyrdnysse · ⁊ eac þa ƿeofoda ·
oþ  he funde an ƿeofod þe þis geƿrit on stód ·
Deo ignoto ·  is on englisc · Uncuðum gode⁠023
is þis ƿeofod halig ·
Þa beƿende hine paulus⁠024
to dionisie þam drihtnes men ⁊ cƿ̅ ·
Hƿæt is se uncuða god þe ge arƿurðiað þus? ”