Lundenes ǣrest tūnscipe wæs se stede þǣre ealdan Romaniscan ceastre in þǣm weallum. Under Ælfrede cyninge setledon þā Lundenware in þǣm weallum fram hira ealdum wic, se is Ealdwic. Oþþæt þā wealla habbaþ gewiðged, sēo stōwe, Lundenceaster, ābīdeþ swā Lundenes heorte and cēapung hēafodburg tō Bretene and þǣre worulde.