Gotan
Þā Gotan ƿæron Ēastgermanisc folc þæþ fēorr for hie ƿorhte hefige on þæm stære þæs Rōmāniscan Rices.
Sēo ǣroste infor fram be þæm Gotan gelamp on þæm 238 geare fore þis sind hie mæste dyrne.
Mann ne cnaƿaþ geƿisslice þēonon þa Gotan cƿomon, ac meahtlice comon hie ærost fram Scedelande ætgædere mid eallum oþrum Germaniscum þēoƿum.
Hēora spræc, Gotisc, is sēo gecuþoste þara Ēastgermaniscena sprǣca, for þæm geƿritum ƿulfes.
Ēastgotan and Ƿestgotan
adiht
In þǣm 4. gearhund fōr Gotenafolc ofer Donua in þæt Rōmānisce Rīce and manig garmittinga ƿæron betƿuh þissum tƿǣm folcum. Ðan ƿæron missenlice fylcas on Gotanþēod and of him gegædrode tƿegen micle cynedōmas, be namum Ēastgotan and Ƿestgotan.
Ƿestgotan feahtedon hiergoden ðurh þæs Rēmiscan Rīces ēastdælas and Alrica hiera cyning abræc Rōm þā burg, and his æftergengan gesceop cynedōm on Ispanie, þe eall Spēna Cyningas sind of his blōd.
Æfterƿeard cƿōm Ēastgotanfolc under Ðēodrīc Cyning and slōg Eadƿacer Italia Cyning and þes Ðēodric gesceop cynedōm on Eotolƿarum.