Diablo (gamen)
Standende in þǣm Cānduras rīċe þǣre worulde þæs Friþhūses, Dēofol hæfþ þone plēgere ān anlīepe hæleðe wieldeþ, swā hē oþþe hēo fiehteþ tō cwellenne Eges Hlāford. Under þǣm tūne Tristram, sīðeþ se plēgere þurh sixtīene burgum tō feohtenne ætnīehstan Dēofol and his hildedēoflas.
Lār[adihtan | ādihtan fruman]
Sēo lār Dēofles is ymbe gūðe betwēonan Heofene and Helle. Se tūn Tristrames is under gewealce be hildedēoflum gecumen, and se plēgere sceal þǣm tūne beorgan, and ēac, þǣre worulde, be endebyrdeþ þone Eges Hlāford. Swā dilfþ se plēger intō þǣre underworulde, sum dǣl þæs spelles ymbe þā gūðe betwēonan Heofene and Helle, samod swā ongietenes ymbe Dēofle hine selfne, sind þurh miċlum bōcum onwrigen, þe sind þurh þǣm burgum gefunden.
Dēofol is se Hlāford þæs Eges and ān þāra Þrēora Hēafodyfla þǣre Helle, þā mǣstan mihtigan hlāfordas þæs hildedēofolcynnes. Lange ǣr þǣm belimpum þæs gamenes, wæs hē be dīegolre gefadunge scinncræftigra gefangen, cūþ þā Horadrim. Þā Horadrim oferfēngon ǣlċ Hēafodyfel in Sāƿolstāne; Dēofles rēad stān wæs in eorþscræf gebyrged, under þǣm tūne þes Tristrames, and swā þā tīman forþgān, wæs forgiten. Þēah his carċernung mǣneþ ēċe bēon, sēo miht þæs sawolstānes wācode þurh tīman, ænextan geþafiende Dēofol tō brūcenne mǣte miht fram beinnan þǣm stāne. Hē feorrþance gewearðaþ wīcing Tristrames, Lazarus Arċebiscop, intō þēowe his. Swā þæt Dēofol mæg fram þǣm sawolstāne āfaran, Dēofol þearf mann āgan. Þurh his þēow Lazarus Arċebiscop, hē ǣrest fandode Leoric cyning wealdan, ac Dēofol wæs tō unmihtig, and ne meahte Leoric gewieldan.