Sēo Grundgesetnes wæs in his fruman gewrite seofen mālas, þā settedon forþ þā endebyrdnesse þæs þēodiscan lēodweardes. His forma þrēo mālas staþoledon fæste wealdbedælunglār, þærbe þæs Þoftscipes lēodweard is bedæled in þrie bogas: