Engel

Hugo Simberg, 1903.

Zacharias mid þǣm engle Gabriēle

On manigum gelēafum, tō bysne Crīstendōm, Iudēadōm, and Alladōm, sind engelas āras Godes. Þæt ƿord ƿierþ gebrocen tō aƿendunge þæs Crēaciscan ƿordes ἄγγελος ("ār") on þǣre Nīƿan Gecȳþnesse, þe self is aƿendung þæs Ebrēiscan ƿordes מלאך (mann sægþ hit "mal-ah") (and ēac tācnaþ "boda") on þǣre Ealdan Gecȳþnesse.

Gelīc ƿord ملائكة (gesægd "mal-ā-ī-ca") is on Arabisce, on þǣm Curane gebrocen. Ēac is þæt ƿord hƿīlum gebrocen tō tācnienne ōðra gāstlīca ƿihta þā man on ōðrum gelēafum fint. Ōðer ƿeorc þe englas sind gesmēad tō dōnne sind se beorg manna and sēo gelǣsting Godes ǣrenda.