Myrra

Myrra is rēad, brūn trēoƿterubǣr ontimber, se is gedrȳd sæp þæs Commiphora myrrha trēowes, þe mann fint on Sōmalie. Sumu ōðru Commiphora oþþe Balsamodendron sapu hātaþ menn ēac "myrra", behæbbende þā of Commiphora erythraea (hwīltīdum gehāten Ēastindisc myrra), Commiphora opobalsamum, and Balsamodendron kua.

Myrra is mǣþ ƿyrtbrǣþes and stērunge, and wæs swīðe gelufod on gēarodagum. Myrra wæs ān þāra giefa þāra tungolwitegena þǣm cilde Iesus in þǣm spelle swā hit is geteald on þǣm Gōdspelle of Matteus. Myrra wæs genotod tō stērunge in dēaþþegnungum and fyrhtum, þe wæs tācnod in þǣm Crīstmæssan lēoþe We Three Kings (þe is on Englisce "Wē Þrīe Cyningas").