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"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nHwǣr sind nū þæs wīsan Wēlandes bān þæs goldsmiðes þe wæs ġeō mǣrest? Hwā wāt nū on hwelcum hlǣwa hrusan hīe þeċċen?",
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