The early lore

The early-lore which is written on the outer wall of the burgh gate, isn’t not written again in the book of Adela’s followers.¹
Wherefore it is left out wot I not to write.

Indeed this book is my own, therefore will I put it (the lore) therein at the wish of my kinsmen.

Early-lore
All well meaning Frya’s children be hale.
For through them shall it be happy upon earth.⁵
Teach and say to the folks.

Wralda is the eldest of all or overeldest.
For it made all things.
Wr-alda is all in all, for it is everlasting and unending.

Wr-alda is everywhere present, but nowhere to be seen, therefore is that being called a ghost.¹⁰
All what we might see of him are the creatures which, though his life, come and go again hence, for out of Wr-alda come all things and go all things.

Wr-alda is the one almighty being, for all other power is lent by him and goes back to him again.
Therefore is he alone the creating being and there is naught created beyond him.

Wr-alda laid eternal rules which is law in all creation, and there are no good rules or they must have been made thereafter (likewise).

But although everything be in Wr-alda, the evil of man is not of him.¹⁵
Evil comes through carelessness and stupidity. Therefore can it well scathe the people, Wr-alda never.

Wr-alda is the wisdom and the laws which it has set, are the books whence we may learn and there is no wisdom to find nor to gather without them.

The people might unlock many things, but before Wr-alda is everything open.
The people are manly and womanly but Wr-alda shaped both.

The people love and hate, though Wr-alda is only just.²⁰
Therefore is Wr-alda alone good and there are none good but him.

With the Yule, all creatures transform and change, but good alone is immutable.
Because Wr-alda is good, thus may he not change; and because he abides, therefore is he essence alone and all else show.