Franca Cæst

Þe Frȳngs Cæst, swā ætweard in þǣm Brittisc hus ealdra ġefeoht on Lundenwic/Lunden; þæt frōnt and lid

Westra sidan and heah

Þæt Frænca Cæst (oþþe ðæt Auzon Cæst) is an lytle Ænglisc hwael’s bān chest fram ðære ealdon 8. hund, æt gēosne on þære Bryttisce Mūse. Se cæst is swiðe gewyrht mid seax-scuten sagaþ æt broþer ðonne ðe mid inscriptiōn, mǣst in Ænglisc rūnum. Gēnþeah forbeod to be Northumbrian cynne, hit is of uncuðum wīsan for þan insight þe hit gǣþ into eald Ænglisc cræft and cyne. Bæðe þe onhyde þa images and onhyde þa rūne inscriptiōnas hæfð wediðe micel geþēode.