Ƿesaþ hāl!
Lange se niðerlendisc þōhton hira ieldeste writing wǣre:
| Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hinase hic enda thu uuat unbidan uue nu. (ca. 1100) |
| Oððer: | Habbaþ ealle fugolas nest begunnon nymþe īċ and þū hwæt ġebīdaþ wē nu? |
Eow. Nu mann Þenċeþ þa þes cȳma cwide bēo eald centisc ne eald niðerlendisc.
Ac þenden sind gifundan oðre cwidas (on Lege Salica Clovises). Se ieldest byð:
| Maltho thi afrio lito (ca. 510) |
| Oððer: | Mǣle þē: frēoġe, healfǣhtemann. |
Nu þæt is aht to upspringanne. Frēodōmes geswutelung swa beorþor sprǣce!
Þēah eac sīe mihtelīce þæt ieldest niðerlendiscne bēon þās rún-stæfas læs lēoðlican under-neoþan:

| haþuþȳwas ann kusjam logūns (425-450) |
| Oððer: | Heaðu-þēowes ann cyrum līeġes. |