Lundenceaster
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Lundenceaster is
Oft brȳcþ man "Sēo Ceaster" tō naman for þæs Geāndan Cynerīces feohgestreōngeornesse, sēo fyrmeste hæfþ his stōl þǣr. Man sægþ þæt hēo is sēo rīcoste mīle þǣre ƿorulde.
Lundenceaster is in Lundene heorte, ac būtan feohgestreōngeornesse, Lundene mǣste ceasterlicu geornes hæfþ his hām on Lundene Ƿestende.
Lundenceaster hæfþ 10,000 onƿunienda oððe læs (in þǣm 1700. gēare ƿǣron þǣr 208,000). Þēahhƿæðere in þǣre Ceastre ƿeorciaþ 340,000 manna, mǣst in fēohbysignesse, þā farað þider dæglīce. Þȳ is Lundene þurhbregdungbegang oferbisig binnan sumum hēahtīdum.
Lundenceaster hæfþ þæt Lundenceastre Gyld. Þæt Gild hæfþ riht ofer eallum stōƿlicum tōþegnungfeldum and ofer þǣm burgƿac. Hit hæfþ onƿeald ofer ealdfæstre ceastre cēapstōƿum begeondan þā ceastre and āh micel land begeondan þǣre ceastre mearce.
Æfter
In 1132, geaf Heanrig I Lundenceastre scīr - ƿeald, and be 1141 hycgeþ man ealle burgƿare sƿa sƿa an gild. Þes ƿæs Lundenceaster Gildes frymþ.
Þæt Gild nis gelīc anum ōðrum stōƿlicum geþinge þæs rīces. His ǣrost gesceap ƿæs þæt Cnihtagild in Eadgares Cyninges dagum. Siþþan þǣm dagum hæfþ Lundenceaster getæl cynelicra bōca tō āfæstnienne his staðol and onƿeald.
Lundenceastre Gildes cƿide is "Domine dirige nos", þæt meahte man āƿendan sƿā "Hlaford, gestīere us".