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"text": "c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English\nAnd þȳ is nū ġeworden wīde and sīde tō full yfelum ġewunan, þæt menn swīðor sċamaþ nū for gōddǣdum þonne for misdǣdum.",
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"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nMā manna hæfþ miċelne ġielp and miċel wuldor and miċelne weorþsċipe for dysiġes folces wēnan þonne hæbbe for his ġewyrhtum. Ac sæġe mē nū hwæt unġerisenlīcre sīe þonne þæt, oþþe for hwȳ hīe ne mæġen heora mā sċamian þonne fæġnian þonne hīe ġehīeraþ þæt him man on līeġþ.",
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"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nMā manna hæfþ miċelne ġielp and miċel wuldor and miċelne weorþsċipe for dysiġes folces wēnan þonne hæbbe for his ġewyrhtum. Ac sæġe mē nū hwæt unġerisenlīcre sīe þonne þæt, oþþe for hwȳ hīe ne mæġen heora mā sċamian þonne fæġnian þonne hīe ġehīeraþ þæt him man on līeġþ.",
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