Her ongan ðæt weald-ambiht deade beamas fellan, to ðon ðætte hi ne standan fyr-pleoh ðonne fyr-tid cymð on sumere. Manige bið ða treowu ðe man scyle ceorfan. Ðonne man sceawað ðone weald on ðam beorgum, ðonne mæg he eaðe ðara sumne teoðan dæl seon dead. Nis god.
Ðara beorga rumest wer wæs her fram ðæs godan wífes lufe gefelled. Ure eall sind glæde ðæt he on lufe blissað, ac weald ðeah fea cwena nu scylen on cealdran bedde slæpan.
Word
weald-ambiht sn. the Forest Service
rúm adj. here in a romantic sense single, carefree