Ēsenians

Þā Ēsenians (Hebreisc: אִסִּיִים‎, ʾĪssīyīm; Grēcis: Ἐσσηνοί) Essenan wǣron þæt mystic Iūdeisc gesetnysse on þǣm Tīma Ƿæðer-temples, þe wæs blōwende fram þǣm 2nd gēare BCE tō þǣm 1st gēare CE. Þæt Essene weorc cūðe weorðan swā gemōt be Ƿūðe Jonathāns Apphus, þurh wiðerweardnesse ofer Iūdeisc hāð, and þæt Jonathān his heohbiscopēs ǣgnes wæs ðā unrihtwīs. Mǣste leornere ðencað þæt þā Essenes hīe secededan fram þǣm Zadokiscum preostum. Hīe underþeodde hīra mǣre ǣgþeod rǣdnes to þǣm fruman lēader, þǣmfæste Rǣdnes, mægþe wæs heohbiscop onraht. Hāldende sylfne tǣwe on Iūdeiscum hāð, hīe hæfdon hāðrlīce heafod healdende rīxen on preostum (þā Suna Zadok) oþþe on leodscype, þā hīe gemette wǣttrig hāðrǣden, and hæfdon twāhāligysse wēordes.