Þæt '''Crécisc'''e geþéode, þæt þe '''Hellenisc''' geháten is oþþe '''Ellenika''' (Ελληνικά) tó þǽm léodum, þá þe hit sprecaþ and wrítaþ.  Hit is [[Indo-European]]isc [[sprǽc]], geboren in [[Crécland]]e and ánes andlang þæs sǽgesetes [[Asia Minor]]es and in súþlicre Italia. In géardagum wæs fela geþéoda gesprocen, swá [[Ionic Greek|Ionisc]], [[Doric Greek|Dorisc]], and [[Attic Greek|Attisc]].