Trēow

Treow (eac treo oþþe beam gehaten) is maniggearlic holtplante. Gewunelice ne hateþ man swelce plantan "treow" gif hit ne sie ma þonne læstre micelnesse, oþþe gif hit næbbe sweotolne heafodlicne stocc. Swelca holtplantan þa man ne hateþ treow hateþ man þyfel. Hie lifiaþ bemetendlice lange to þæm mæstan dæle oðerra plantena, and eac sind bemetendlice great; hwilum lifiaþ hie þusendu geara and weaxaþ oþ 115 metera on heahþu. Hie sind swiðe hefig on þæm gecyndelican begearde, healdende grund, beorgende wihta wiþ weder, forþberende æðmlyfte, ineðiende coltwiæðmlyfttimber fram lyfthelme, and efnettende hat on grunde. Mann brycþ hie eac to forþberenne ofet and to forþberenne holt and eac to fretwednesse. Hie cunnon weaxan ge on westne, in wealdum, ge on gebunum lande.