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"text": "Iċ eom nū on þǣre cyċenan.",
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"english": "Nero said, \"What is it now, Simon? I think we've been defeated.\"",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"On the Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul\"\nNerō cwæþ, \"Hwæt is nū, Simōn? Iċ wēne wit sind oferswīðde.\"",
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"english": "Since thou hast so clearly understood this, I need not now greatly labour in order that I may instruct thee further concerning good;...",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nNū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.",
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"english": "So I wonder why you can't understand that you're still very lucky, since you're still alive and healthy.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞȳ iċ wundriġe hwȳ þū ne mæġe onġietan þæt þū eart nū ġīet swīðe ġesǣliġ, nū þū ġīet leofast and eart hāl.",
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"english": "Since ye will not offer to the great gods, ye shall never henceforth be to me so worthy nor so dear as ye were before;...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The Seven Sleepers\"\nNu ge þam mærum godum offrian nellað, ne beo ge me næfre heonon-forð swa wurðe ne swa leofe swa ge ær wæron...",
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"english": "Nero said, \"What is it now, Simon? I think we've been defeated.\"",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"On the Passion of the Apostles Peter and Paul\"\nNerō cwæþ, \"Hwæt is nū, Simōn? Iċ wēne wit sind oferswīðde.\"",
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"english": "So I wonder why you can't understand that you're still very lucky, since you're still alive and healthy.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞȳ iċ wundriġe hwȳ þū ne mæġe onġietan þæt þū eart nū ġīet swīðe ġesǣliġ, nū þū ġīet leofast and eart hāl.",
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"english": "Since ye will not offer to the great gods, ye shall never henceforth be to me so worthy nor so dear as ye were before;...",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, \"The Seven Sleepers\"\nNu ge þam mærum godum offrian nellað, ne beo ge me næfre heonon-forð swa wurðe ne swa leofe swa ge ær wæron...",
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