Bryttisc Grundriht

Ðæs Witenagemōtes stōl in Westmynsterhealle

Bryttisc Grundriht is se ǣhēap se bewiteþ þone rīceweald þæs Geānedan Cynerīces. Þis ǣ nis gewrite in ānum gesetnesse swa swa in ellelendiscum rīcu ac man meaht findan hine in folcriht and manigfealdum Witenagemōtesgesetnessum. Forþæm secgþ man þe Bretware habbaþ ungewriten grundriht.

Bretta rīce is cynedōm þærof is Elisabeþ II Cwēn ānwealda, ac sēo ānwealda hæfþ eall soc ne sacu in þæm rīce: riht is gewrōhten oððe gebēten mid rǣde and geþafunge from þæm Witenagemōt and þis is sēo forma diht þæs grundriht, þe ealdorriht is mid þæm 'Cwēn in þæm Witenagemōte', and man nemneð swlyc lār "Witenagemōtlic ealdordōm".

Seo ōðru grundrihtes diht is "ǣrīce", þærbe mǣnþ man þe eall weald in þæm rīce sceall gelǣdan of þæs rīces ǣ and būtan swylc cræft is anig man, swa hū swa hēah oððe cræftig nis mār þon gemǣne ceorl.

Ēac sind manig ageatu behogadnessa þā nearon riht ac gewuna þærbe meaht se lēodweard rican þæslice: tobysene eall se lēodweard is be rihte þære Cwēne þegnhād ac sōþlice sceall he andswarian þæm Wienagemōt and his hēastan þegnas sceall sittan þærin.