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"english": "Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is \"ram\"; the second is taurus, that is \"bull\"; the third is gemini, that is \"twins\"; the fourth is cancer, that is \"crab\"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is \"virgin\"; the seventh is libra, that is \"pound\" or \"scales”; eighth is scorpious, that is \"scorpion\"; ninth is sagittarius, that is \"shooter\"; tenth is capricornus, that is \"he-goat's horn\" or \"he-goat\"; eleventh is aquarius, that is \"pouring water\" or \"one that pours water\"; twelfth is pisces, that is \"fishes.\"",
"text": "c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year\nǢlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.",
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"text": "c. 996, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nÞā ġebende ān sċytta sōna his bogan and āsċēat ānne flān, and ātǣsde þone cyning betwēox þǣre lungenne, þæt hē feallende swealt on þām ġefeohte ǣrest.",
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"english": "Each month runs under one of the signs [of the Zodiac]. The first of the signs is called aries, that is \"ram\"; the second is taurus, that is \"bull\"; the third is gemini, that is \"twins\"; the fourth is cancer, that is \"crab\"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is \"virgin\"; the seventh is libra, that is \"pound\" or \"scales”; eighth is scorpious, that is \"scorpion\"; ninth is sagittarius, that is \"shooter\"; tenth is capricornus, that is \"he-goat's horn\" or \"he-goat\"; eleventh is aquarius, that is \"pouring water\" or \"one that pours water\"; twelfth is pisces, that is \"fishes.\"",
"text": "c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year\nǢlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tacna. Ān þǣra tacna ys ġehāten aries, þæt is ramm; oðer taurus, þæt is fearr; ðridda gemini, þæt synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, þæt is crabba; fīfta leo; syxta virgo, þæt is mǣden; seofoða libra, þæt is pund orde wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, þæt is þrōwend; nigoða is sagittarius, þæt is sċytta; teoða ys capricornus, þæt is buccan horn, oððe bucca; endlyfta is aquarius, þæt is wæter-ġyte, oððe þe þe wæter ġyt; twelfte is pisces, þæt synd fixas.",
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"text": "c. 996, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nÞā ġebende ān sċytta sōna his bogan and āsċēat ānne flān, and ātǣsde þone cyning betwēox þǣre lungenne, þæt hē feallende swealt on þām ġefeohte ǣrest.",
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