Sēo gēomornes

Þis gewrit is ymb swīðe syndorlicu þing and is mē swīðe earfoþ ymb tō wrītanne.

Nīwe wearþ ic 'murnende on mōde' and gehwæt is mē 'sār on sefan', swā   swā se scop gefyrn gewrāt. Hit cymþ mē oft on gemynd hū weorðlēas ic bēo, oþþe hit mē þyncþ þæt ic bēo, for þý ic ne mæg næfre mid folce ānlīce gesprecan būton ic swīge and ne mæg nāwiht geþencan ymb hwelc tō secganne. 'Scēoh' hātte hit on fela mūða oþþe 'forhtig'. Ic neom hwæðere scēoh, þā ic on mōde wel mē fēle þā ēom ic geþeodlīc and gemænsumlīc and mæg mid gehwām æt gespræce sittan. Þis ne gelimpeþ þeah swā oft and ic weorðe oftost gēomor. Þyncþ mē nū þe ic mid sumum hælþwyrcende sprecan sceal. Wā lā.