Wordstǣrcræft

Se wordstǣrcræft is sēo lār þāra worda frumena. Suma word sind gecumen of ōðerum geþēodum, and habbaþ forscapen (þæt frume word hatte wordbānu).

Þurh ealde trahtas and geānlīcunga wiþ ōðerum geþēodum, wordstǣrwitan sēcaþ eftmacian þāra worda stǣr — hwonne hie cwōmon in þæt geþēode, and hwanon, and hū hira scyppung and andgit āwendedon.