Þēowdōm
(Edlǣded of Þēoƿdōm)
Þēoƿdōm is sida-endebyrdung, under þǣre sume menn - þēoƿ ȝehāten - sind hira frēodōmes benumen and ȝenēadod tō fremmenne earfoþ oþþe þeȝnesta. Þæt ƿord belimpþ ēac tō hāda oþþe mǣȝþe þissa manna, þe sind ȝehandlod sƿā sēo ǣht sumes ōðres mannes oþþe ȝehūscipes. Þēoƿas sind ȝehealden ƿiþ hira ƿillan of tīde hira ȝefenges, becēapunge, oþþe ȝebyrde, and sind benumen hira rihtes tō lǣtenne, tō andsacienne tō ƿyrcenne, oþþe tō bēonne āȝilden onȝēan hira deorfe. Þus is þēoƿdōm is ān unfrēo deorfcynn.
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