�lfric's Colloquy (10th Century) From British Library, MS Cotton. Tiberius A III and Oxford, MS. Col. S. Johan.  Extracted from Wright, Thomas.  A Volume of Vocabularies.  (Modern English translation is mine)

  �u sceo-wyrhta hw�t wyrcst �u us nytwyr�ness�
M. Tu, sutor, quid operaris nobis utilitatis?
  You, Shoemaker, what
   
  Ys witodlice cr�ft min behefe �earle eow and neod�earf
S. Est quidem are mea utilis valde vobis et necessaria.
   
   
  hu
M. Quomodo?
   
   
  ic bicge hyda and fell and gearkie big mid cr�fte minon and wyrce of
S. Ego emo cutes et pelles, et preparo eas arte mea, et facio ex
   
   
  him gesey mistlices cynnes swyftleras and sceos le�er-hosa and butericas
  eis calciamenta diversi generis, subtalares, et ficones, coligas et utres,
   
   
  bridel-�wancgas and ger�da flaxan vel pinnan and higdifatu spur-le�era and h�lftra pusan
  frenos et falera, flascones et calidilia, caclaria et chamos, peras
   
   
  and f�telsas and nan sower nele oferwintran buton minon cr�ft
  et marsupia, et nemo vestrum vult hiemare sine mea arte.
  and purses and