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on ēastdǣle, and wē cōmon ūs him tō geēadmēdenne.^[1]

3. Ðā Herodes þæt gehȳrde, ðā wearð hē gedrēfed and eal Hierosolimwaru mid him.^[2]

4. And þā gegaderode Herodes ealle ealdras þǣra sācerda and folces wrīteras, and āxode hwǣr Crīst ācenned wǣre.^[3]

5. Đā sǣdon hī him. On Iudeiscere Bethlem; witodlīce þus ys āwriten þurh þone wītegan,^[4]

6. And þū Bethleem, Iudea land, witodlīce ne eart þū lǣst on Iuda ealdrum; of ðē forð gǣð sē heretoga sē þe recð mīn folc Israhel.^[5]

7. Herodes þā clypode on sundersprǣce ðā tungelwītegan, and befrān hī georne hwænne sē steorra him ætēowde.^[6]

8. And hē āsende hī tō Bethlem, and ðus cwæð, Farað and āxiað geornlīce be þām cilde; and þonne gē hyt gemētað, cȳþað eft mē, þæt ic cume and mē tō him gebidde.^[7]

9. Đā hī þæt gebod gehȳrdon, þā fērdon hī; and sōþlīce sē steorra þe hī on ēastdǣle gesāwon him beforan fērde, oð hē stōd ofer þǣr þæt cild wæs.^[8]

1. A, geeaðmedenne.
2. A, eall hierasolimwaru.
3. A, þara; A þæs folces; A, acsode; A hwar crist wære acenned (changed order).
4. A, B, iudeiscre.
5. A, iudea ealdrum
6. A, acsode (for befran); A, ætywde.
7. A, bethleem; A, acsiað; A, gemeton.
8. A, þar.