Þæt mennisce līc is þæt fulle bodig mennisces wihtes. Hit hæfþ þone hēafod, hals, hrǣw, twegen earmas, and twegen sceancan. Þǣrætforan menn sind ful geweaxen hæfþ þæt bodig fōrnēan þūsund manigfealded selfe seoxfealdlīce līfclēofena, þe sind þā grundlicostan dǣl līfes. Þās līfclēofan habbaþ līflice endebyrdnesse þe is se grund þæs menniscan līces.