See thre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Almihti godd· feader· ſune· hali gaſt· aſ ȝe beoð ϸreo an godd: alſƿa ȝe beoð an mihte· an ƿiſdom· ⁊ an luue[…]",
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"text": "Thow seẏdest eek / þᵗ ther ben thẏnges three / The whıche thẏnges / troublen al thıs erthe / and that no wıght maẏ endure the ferthe",
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"text": "Thow seẏdest eek / þᵗ ther ben thẏnges three / The whıche thẏnges / troublen al thıs erthe / and that no wıght maẏ endure the ferthe",
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