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De Historia Oxemennicum
Hoafd I : Umbe Aðelbrecht kuninc

Hier andyan þat yefurn þere Oxnemennischene kuninge mid þeme yebroeðer þere Corintii, onde þie werðeð Kurinðes an Oxnemennische yeþiede heten, onde hiea toe orsoeðe erles waeren, þe an allen þen oðren erlen þes liedes wurden welden. Corintii kwaemen fram Darndale þe was deal þes Oxnemennischen liedes. Ðe was lied þe fiðerdeald toe wheile was ; þaer waeren ean erl toe elcheme deale þes liedes, onde hiea alle fiewer waeren heten Barðold toe Waschwall reiche, Herewine toe Haelinghem reiche, Rodwulf toe reiche Ghisortii, onde þe fierðe was Aðelbrecht þes kuninclichen huoses bi Darndale þe an reiche Corintii liyð.

Onde þies erles wurden toe andyinninge fan Aðelbrecht erle toe Corintii bi yaere .MCLVI. forgadred. Onde þo yefuchten alle þie hererinckes allere þere Oxnemennischene þiede an Wexne tesamen wið þen Francii bi Rotomagum, onde þo naemen þie siye, oack yewunnen hiea þie lond þe toe weste Rotomagi onde toe nurðe Sequanae ligyeð. Ðo nemenden hiea þat lont Wexen, onde hiere deal þere londe warð fan Aðelbrecht toe Oxnemennelant heten anðie þit naeme hissere furmene weive was, onde þo waeren alle þie erles Aðelbrecht swo hiere allewaldend forchiesen, onde þo warð hi swo kuninc forchoren.

Saene þaerafter wolden hiea þat land þurghlhoapen furte setten eanen hoaftstede onde þus wurden alle þie erles þes londes an eaneme hulle stappen onde þaer sliepen hiea þies nacht. Ðo dreomde Aðelbrecht under þen yetunglen eanes rheiyres þe hime hisse kuninclichen ofspring bewleitte, onde þo kwað þe rheiyer hime swulche : ‘Aðelbrecht, an þiseme stede þaer þu mi yesiest schaltu chirche toe Woden onde Ðunor onde Saxnoat onde Tiew forbaowen, onde fore þeme chirche schal graefstede kuninge Oxnemenne werðen, þo schaltu kuninc toe allen þen erlen Oxnemennelondes werðen, onde meinen naemen schal þese stede yeheten wesen’ þo wachte hi onde fortelde hi hissen midyeselen þat hi an swemne yesagh. Ðonne warð atmuryen þe stede swo Ðen Heiyren fan þen erlen beheten.

Swo bleiðeliche wrochten hiea þat ean yaer latere wurden alle þies yewerk yedaen, onde þo mochte Aðelbrecht swo kuninc toe Oxnemennelonde an þere chirche Ðes Heiyren yeweiyd werðen.

Aðelbrecht warð an Oxnemennelonde te waldenne for .XXXV. onde hi was rechtliche kuninc, onde was fan hisseme healen þiede yeluved, swoðat elche yaer maekten his fulk hime alle yebed onde feal waeren te gaene toe hissere halle toe Darndale furte yeven hime yift onde yavel. Aðelbrecht maekte Buryhilde swo hisse hiewe onde hiea hafden tesamen twean sunes þe hiea hieten Ludyear þe eldere onde Aronald hissen broeðer.

Hi behiete hisseme fulke Recht onde hi brochte hime Lerninge, onde hi wrochte þeme hardesten furte bringenne hisseme kuningdome Duoyuð onde Wulder, onde hi scholde maneyfaldliche wið þen Deresii toe nurðe onde wið þen Francii toe weste bekempen.

An maendaye Dies Lunae .VI. Kalendis Iuniis anno .MCXCI. warð hilde toe Haelingheme yesetted onde þaer iede Aðelbrecht toe, foll selvetraowes onde þaer beboad hi þat hisse hererinkes bi tweme yetweiyen ofsteiyen moesten, af þes dales þaer waeren sume Francii. Aðelbrecht iede bi þeme rechtes seiden þes dales. Hi steach þwerches þere boame onde þo kwam hi toe leidere mið hissen erlen after hime bi þeme kampe þere hoafd-herewaldende attie þat Barðold erl foreberende sloey þie herewaldendes fore þie rinckes.

Ðonne kwam eanen rinc Francii fram uoten eanes teldes onde hier slehð hi Aðelbrecht kuninc toe halse onde þo sprueteð bloet uot hisseme necke. Her, wheilem sum erl geað Aðelbrecht helpen, þie oðre wreckeð hiere kuninges wunde. Bi ende þes dayes starf Aðelbrecht erl Corintii onde kuning Oxnemennelondes, hi warð hissere healen þiede yekreten onde þo waeren sume .DCC. mennisches bi Ðeme Heiyren þonne hi yeburyd warð, þaertoe graefstede warð Aðelbrecht earste kuninc te werðenne hier toeburyd.

Hoafd II : Umbe Rhoninc kuninc - Anyinninge

An þunorsdaye Dies Iovis .vii. Idus Maii þes yaeres wuldres .mccxix. warð Rhoninck waldend toe Haelingheme swo kuninc reiches Oxemennelondes yeweiyd. Onde hit yelamp toe Ðeme Heiyren, onde þaerbi kwað hi hisseme fulke toe: ‘Werðe hulde usres londes eft an Oxemennelonde, werðe liecht usres liedes eft, bekume us eft alle þie krefte usres þiedes, onde werðen þie an us befelen, onde kunnen wi hiere allen benutten’. Onde þo waeren alle þie segyes hime belden oack yeherten.

Rhoninck kwað þaeraftor: ‘Gaen wi toe dale’ onde þo kwamen alle hisse knechtes bi burye an dale onde beyannen hiea toe Waschwalle stappen anðie þaer stoed chastel. Binnen þeme chastele warð hi wele yeleord toe hissen eynen niede, onde þe alles hissen fulkes þie hi toe yebroeðren behiete. Onde fore þen alden Oxemennischen guden Woden, Ðunor onde Tiew, onde yeynes þeme Khristes Gud, þo seyde hi enes meares þat hi Oxemennelondes galderkraft eft yesochte. Ðo hi wolde Khristes onde Marian onde Gudes þes Bibels his eynen lant yeberyen.

An þie .iv. dayes þo warð wunne onde bleiðenisse onde wurden mael ovor þie buryes untat þat heal lant sie yekauð þes niewen kuninges onde þat allewhanenes wurden þie liede werðscheppen.

Rhoninck was kuninc londes ack hi wiste þat þit was niecht up goedere yelaeye onde þat þweryhes þere berye toe Haelingheme wurden þie Francii onde þie Deresii hissere liede wele beyirnent, anðie hi fore hafde yewalden an þisen londen. Oft was hi te bewundrene huw hi kauðe his fulk þere fremeðe beschermen, þonne beboad hi hissen here te scheppene, onde hi iede selve umb þurpes þwerghes berye onde feldes atte yegadrene alswo michel mennisches swo hi noadhafde. Hi lefde þes hi an hisseme weye fand, oftest þere umbbauwende yeholpen hi warð. Eanes holp hi sumen hirder ean schaep hissere herde innen stroame te faene, onde þo warð hi yewhat te eatene yeyeven fan þeme hirdere.

Swulche swo kauðe Rhoninck ieyðer ye his lant ye his fulk bet lernen chennen, onde swulche swo kauðe his fulk hine bet lernen chennen.

Bi ende þes yaeres .mccxix. waeren .cmliii. mennisches hisseme befeal under, onde hi bauwden an þrime chastlen þwerghes londes, onde þuryh þeme healen liede warð betrowinge toe Rhoninge inneyebrocht, onde nieyends was swo groat beloave toe nieaneme kuninge yeyeven. Allewhanenes mochte man heoren spreken þes schaepes þe Rhoninck yesalved hafde, onde hisses ellenmoedes. Guft was over þiseme lande uppen, naer bi was þie yefaere þere fremeðe-anslaeyere alles foryeten ; ack þie was yelaeye te laetere saene foroðrene at kurteme teide.