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Folctilð (þæt is civilisation oþþe civilization on nīwan englisce) bið ǣnig manigfealdra gefērscipa þurh burhweaxunge gemearcod, and gefērlīcan endebyrdnesse gesett mid cyningum ēac æðelingum, and stæfgesetnesse þæs gesprǣces (writung tō bysene), and gedāl of gecynde and weald ofer gecynde. 

Folctilðe bēoð fæst geþoftede mid and oft forð onmearcod þurh gefērburhfēohlīcan hādas, þæt is āngæderung, and gehūsnung manncynna and ōðercynna bā, and syndrigung þæs weorces, and folcþēawas forðganges and ofermōdignesse, and ēotenisc geweorc, and gafol, and gefērlīc trēow on eorðtilðe and weaxunge.  Folctilð is oft understanden tō mārre and æðelran begegnesse, for lytelran and weliscan begegnesse.