Meodu

Meodu (oþþe medu) is līþ þe mann ƿyrceþ fram hunige and ƿætere and ēac ōðrum timbrum gif mann sƿā dōn ƿille, tō bysene missenlīca ƿyrta sind oft on meodƿe geseted. Iū ƿæs hēo gemǣnu feorr on þǣre ƿorulde. Þǣm Englum ƿæs meodu hefig līþ, ac nā sƿā hefig sƿā bēor.

Þēos drinces stede on þǣm norðernum gemynde is geteald in ōðrum ƿordum in ūrum fædra mūðum, for hlāfordes sele for symble ƿæs his meduheall and cyninges ƿigan ƿæron his meodosetl.