Cynelicu bōc

Cynelicu bōc is geƿrit gegeafen of þæm ƿealdende þærbe geaf he sundorriht oððe scīr to man oððe lichād. Cyningas nyttaþ bēc to gestaðolenne miclan gildas to bysne sƿa ceastre (mid burgbōcum) oððe eormengyldas and gelǣred fērscipas. Bēc sind mæror þon ƿunelicu geƿritas siððan cynelicu bōc hæfþ ēce gefremniss.

Sēo Cynelice bōc sēo Georgius IV Cyning gebōcede in 1827, þærbe gestaðoled he Cyninges Gefealƿascipe, Toronto

Biliþ be Smiþ gemynding Cyninges Gefealƿascipes Lunden bōc in 1829

Oftost is Cynelicu Bōc geƿriten as a high-quality geƿeorc of handgeƿritcræfte on bōcfelle. Bretta cyningas and cƿēna and hiera foregengan habbaþ gebōcod mār þon 980 cynelican bēc. Of þissum ymbe 750 bēc abidaþ in existence. Sēo ǣrreste is sēo cynelice bōc to Tægn þære byrig gegeafen in 1066, þærof is hēo Scotlandes ieldste Cynelicu Burh, þan þære cynelicu bōc of Grantanbrygce Eormengield in 1231. Ælc gear gebōceþ sēo Bretta Cƿēn bēc to ƿeorðigum gyldum and burgum.

Siððan þære Middleyldum in Europan habbaþ bregas gegiefen bēc to gesceappenne ceastre, se is byrig mid rihte and sundrorrihtum, and man mōt secgan þe þære bēc dæg is þære ceatre staðoldæg, būtan þe sƿylc stōƿ ƿæs ærror tūn.

Ær ƿæs cynelicu bōc sēo ān ƿīse þærbe mōt gyld oððe tēoh ƿeard rihtlic, ac in todæges ceapfulle ƿorulde sind oþra ƿīse.

Ūtƿeard hlencas

• Sundorgeþing
• Sēo Cynelice bōc þæs BBC
• Sēo Cynelice bōc þære Australiscan Academie þāra Manlārcræfta Archived 2007-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Sēo Cynelice bōc þæs Beormingaham Eormengyldes Archived 2008-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Sēo Cynelice bōc of Roðos Īeg and Providence Landsetung (1663)
• Ceapmenn þæs Stapol of Englalande