Ƿesaþ hāl!
Lange se niðerlendisc þōhton hira ieldeste writing wǣre:
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Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hinase hic enda thu uuat unbidan uue nu. (ca. 1100)
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Habbaþ ealle fugolas nest begunnon nymþe īċ and þū hwæt ġebīdaþ wē nu?
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Eow. Nu mann Þenċeþ þa þes cȳma cwide bēo eald centisc ne eald niðerlendisc.
Ac þenden sind gifundan oðre cwidas (on Lege Salica Clovises). Se ieldest byð:
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Maltho thi afrio lito (ca. 510)
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Mǣle þē: frēoġe, healfǣhtemann.
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Nu þæt is aht to upspringanne. Frēodōmes geswutelung swa beorþor sprǣce!
Þēah eac sīe mihtelīce þæt ieldest niðerlendiscne bēon þās rún-stæfas læs lēoðlican under-neoþan:
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haþuþȳwas ann kusjam logūns (425-450)
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Heaðu-þēowes ann cyrum līeġes.
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