Þa sang Maria þærrihte þone lofsang þe we singað on Godes circan æt ælcum æfensange.
	sang: third person singular preterite; class III (nasal) < singan
	singað: third person plural present; class III (nasal) < singan
"Then Mary immediately sang the hymn which we sing in God's church at each evensong."

Ða bead se apostol him syfan nihta fæsten.
	bead: third person singular preterite; class II (a) < beodan
"Then the apostle ordered him a fast of seven nights."

Hi golon mid langum onsangum.
	golon: third person plural preterite; class VI < galan
"They sang with long incantations."

Swa us dryhten gebeden hæfð.
	gebeden: past participle; class V < biddan *NB the infinitive does not follow the expected pattern because this is a "weak present" (see M&R §116)*
"As the Lord has ordered us to do."

On middre nihte þa men fæstost slepon, þa wearð þæt fyr ontend swyðe færlicum bryne.
	slepon: third person plural preterite; class VII (b) < slapan
	wearð: third person singular preterite; class III (breaking) < weorðan
"In the middle of the night when people were fastest asleep, the fire was kindled with a very sudden burning."

He ondred swa swa hit gelamp þæt hi eft hine ne gecyrdon.
	ondred: third person singular preterite; class VII (b) < ondrædan (the infinitive cannot be reconstructed, as class VII has no fixed infinitive/present stem vowel)
	gelamp: third person singular preterite; class III (nasal) < gelimpan
"He feared precisely as it happened, that they did not return to him."

He wearp ðone hring mid þam bendum into ðam flowendum streame.
	wearp: third person singular preterite; class III (breaking) < weorpan
"He threw the ring with the chains into the flowing stream."

Fela þing wiste se halga wer on ær lange ær hi gelumpon.
	gelumpon: third person plural preterite; class III (nasal) < gelimpan
"The holy man knew many things ahead of time, long before they happened."