Bendstecþōðer
Bendstecþōðer (Niwenglisc: cricket) oþþe cryċþōðer is mǣre gomen þæt menn on hring-felda pleyȝaþ mid heardum þōðere and brādum sticcan. Tƿēgen tēamas fylgaþ þǣm gamene, and hīe sittaþ on þǣm grēne tō fultumiende hiera gefēran. Ān hilderinc þæs ƿeorp-tēames scēoteþ þone rēadan þōðer mid sƿīðre mihte tō þǣm staca-geatum.
Sē bendstec-mann stent æt þǣm geate and fandieþ þone þōðer sƿīðe feorr tō slēanne. Ġif sē þōðer ofer þǣre mēarce flīeȝeþ, þonne winneþ sē slēgende mann sixtiȝ rīna. Þā hlēapende menn rinnan betƿeox þǣm staca-geatum tō gæderienne fela talu.
Þæt gomen bītt oþ þæt ealle þā bendstec-menn sind of-slæġene oþþe sēo sunne nīðergǣþ.