Often men say, “Judgment Day is coming right now.”

Oft cweðað men, “efne nū cymð dōmes ________.”

Yesterday, after noon, the fever left him.

Ġiestrandæġ, ofer midne ________, hine forlēt se fēfer.

That light was brighter than the light of day.

Þæt lēoht wæs beorhtre þonne ________ lēoht

On that day they slew twenty-three thousand.

Hīe ofslōgon on þām ________ þrēo and twēntig þūsenda.

The brothers eagerly counted the days.

Þā brōðra tealdon ġeornlice þā ________.

He was bishop until the end of his days.

Hē wæs biscop oð his ________ ende.

During these days it is not permitted that one let blood.

Ne bið ālȳfed on þissum ________ þæt man blōd lǣte.

Then that word was pleasing to the assembly.

Ðā ġelīcode þæt ________ þǣre ġesamnunge.

As soon as they heard those words they were greatly astonished.

Sōna swā hīe ġehȳrdon þā ________, hīe wundrodon swīðlīce.

Let each honor the other with word and deed.

Weorðie ǣlċ ōþerne ________ and weorces.

So should we honor him with words.

Swā wē sceolan hine mid ________ weorþian.

They they all marveled at these words.

Hīe ðā ealle miċlum wundrodon þissa ________.

The ship was pounded by waves.

Þæt ________ wearð ġetorfod mid ȳðum.

The nobleman boarded the ship, and his retainers followed him.

Se eorl āstāh on ________, and him fylgdon his ġesīðas.

He saw two ships standing by the lake.

Hē ġeseah twā ________ standan wið ðone mere.

Here seven ships came and harried Hampton.

Hēr cōmon seofon ________ and hergodon Hamtūn.

Here King Alfred fought with four shiploads of Danish men and took two of those ships.

Hēr Ælfred cyning ġefeaht wiþ fēower sciphlæstas Deniscra manna and þāra ________ tū ġenam.

Here the West Saxons came to Britain with three ships.

Hēr cōmon Westseaxe in Bretene mid þrim ________.

God’s grace was dwelling within him.

Godes ________ wæs on him wuniende.

He distributed to the poor the gifts and the money that rich men had given him.

Hē ðā ________ and þā feoh þe him rīċe men sealdon þearfum ġedǣlde.

Often they are plundered of the gifts that God gave them.

Oft hīe weorðað berēafod ðāra ________ ðe him God ġeaf.

The queen gave the boy a great gift.

Sēo cwēn ġeaf þām cnihte miċle ________.

The boy thanked her for the gift.

Se cniht hire þanc sæġde þǣre ________.

Then the inhabitants honored the saint with gifts of gold and silver.

Þā weorðode þæt landfolc þone sanct mid ________ on golde and on seolfre.