Ƿǣpen

Scyttisc seax

Ƿolcen fram þǣm motcræftȝan fȳræȝe þe ƿæs ȝeƿorpen on Naȝasaci on Iapane on þǣm 1945. ȝēare

Ƿǣpnu sind searu þe mann brȳcþ tō hearmienne lifiȝenda ƿihta. Mann brȳcþ ƿǣpnu on sƿelcum ƿeorcum sƿilce huntoþ, ƿīȝ, ƿammscyldȝa dǣda, lahbeorȝ, and ȝefioht.

Ƿǣpnu sind missenlicu on hīƿe, on brūcinȝum, and on endum. Hīe sind ȝe ȝebrocen eft (sƿilce sƿeord) ȝe āne (sƿilce fȳrƿǣpenstrǣl) and ȝe feor (sƿilce boȝan) ȝe nēah. Hīe cunnon ƿesan sƿīðe ānfeald (sƿilce sāȝolas), ȝe sƿīðe maniȝfeald (sƿilce maniȝ nīƿlicu ƿǣpnu, tō bȳsne motcræftȝu fȳræȝru). Hƿīlum cann ān mann beran and brūcan ƿǣpen, and hƿīlum þearf ƿǣpen boran, tō bȳsne maniȝe fȳrstrǣlas. Hƿīlum brȳcþ mann ƿǣpnu tō beorȝe, þēah þe þæt nis se hēafodende heora.