Þēowdōm

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Þēowes bæc
Þēowes bæc

Þēowdōm is sida-endebyrdung, under þǣre sume menn - þēow gehāten - sind hira frēodōmes benumen and genēadod tō fremmenne earfoþ oþþe þegnesta. Þæt word belimpþ ēac tō hāda oþþe mǣgþe þissa manna, þe sind gehandlod swā sēo ǣht sumes ōðres mannes oþþe gehūscipes. Þēowas sind gehealden wiþ hira willan of tīde hira gefenges, becēapunge, oþþe gebyrde, and sind benumen hira rihtes tō lǣtenne, tō andsacienne tō wyrcenne, oþþe tō bēonne āgilden ongēan hira deorfe. Þus is þēowdōm is ān unfrēo deorfcynn.