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"text": "Blickling Homilies, \"The First Sunday in Lent\"\nÞæt Dēofol hine þā ġenam þriddan sīðe, and hē hine lǣdde uppon swīðe hēa dūne.\nThen the Devil took him a third time, and led him up to a very high mountain."
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"english": "Mostly he went there for the walruses, since they have very fine ivory in their teeth.",
"text": "c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nSwīðost hē fōr þæder for þām horshwalum, for þon hīe habbaþ swīðe æðele bān on heora tōðum.",
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"text": "early 12th century, the Peterborough Chronicle\nÞā niht wæs sēo lyft swīðe clǣnu and þā steorran ofer ealne þone heofon swīðe beorhte sċīnende.",
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"ref": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 1089",
"text": "On þone endleftan dæġ hærfestmōnaþes ġewearþ ofer eall Engla land miċel eorþstyring, and wæs swīðe lætsum ġēar on corne and on ǣlċes cynnes wæstmum, swā þæt maniġe menn rǣpon heora corn onbūtan Mārtīnes mæssan and ġīet lator."
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"english": "How about food? How much dost thou desire that?",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nHū be mete? hū swīðe lyst þē þæs?",
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"text": "Solomon and Saturn II\nNe ondrǣd þū þē dēaþ tō swīðe. Þēah hē þē full gōd ne þynċe, ne cymþ hē nǣfre mā.\nDon't be too scared of death [lit. don't fear death too much]. Even if it doesn't seem so great, it only happens once."
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"english": "I love all my friends, some more, some less.",
"text": "c. 900, King Alfred's translation of St. Augustine's Soliloquies\nIċ lufiġe ǣlcne mīnra frēonda, sume lǣsse, sume swīðor.",
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"english": "They told the public that their gods were angry at them, so they would sacrifice to them even more than they had before.",
"text": "c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nHīe sæġdon þām folce þæt heora godu him wǣren ierre, tō þām þæt hīe him þā ġīet swīðor þonne hīe ǣr dydon.",
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"text": "c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nSwīðost hē fōr þæder for þām horshwalum, for þon hīe habbaþ swīðe æðele bān on heora tōðum.",
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"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"Sermon on the Beginning of Creation\"\nÞā cōm God þǣrtō þā þā hīe swīðost worhton, and sealde ǣlcum menn þe þǣr wæs synderlīċe sprǣċe.",
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"text": "Blickling Homilies, \"The First Sunday in Lent\"\nÞæt Dēofol hine þā ġenam þriddan sīðe, and hē hine lǣdde uppon swīðe hēa dūne.\nThen the Devil took him a third time, and led him up to a very high mountain."
},
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"english": "Mostly he went there for the walruses, since they have very fine ivory in their teeth.",
"text": "c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nSwīðost hē fōr þæder for þām horshwalum, for þon hīe habbaþ swīðe æðele bān on heora tōðum.",
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"text": "early 12th century, the Peterborough Chronicle\nÞā niht wæs sēo lyft swīðe clǣnu and þā steorran ofer ealne þone heofon swīðe beorhte sċīnende.",
"type": "quotation"
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"text": "On þone endleftan dæġ hærfestmōnaþes ġewearþ ofer eall Engla land miċel eorþstyring, and wæs swīðe lætsum ġēar on corne and on ǣlċes cynnes wæstmum, swā þæt maniġe menn rǣpon heora corn onbūtan Mārtīnes mæssan and ġīet lator."
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"text": "Solomon and Saturn II\nNe ondrǣd þū þē dēaþ tō swīðe. Þēah hē þē full gōd ne þynċe, ne cymþ hē nǣfre mā.\nDon't be too scared of death [lit. don't fear death too much]. Even if it doesn't seem so great, it only happens once."
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"text": "c. 900, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nHīe sæġdon þām folce þæt heora godu him wǣren ierre, tō þām þæt hīe him þā ġīet swīðor þonne hīe ǣr dydon.",
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"english": "Mostly he went there for the walruses, since they have very fine ivory in their teeth.",
"text": "c. 890, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nSwīðost hē fōr þæder for þām horshwalum, for þon hīe habbaþ swīðe æðele bān on heora tōðum.",
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"english": "People are in need of good teaching, especially at this time.",
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