Forthon seo æ bibead þoem aldan Godes folce, þoette se wer, se þe wære his wife gemenged, þoet he sceolde wætre aðwegan & bebaðad beon, ...
Because the law directed the old God's people, that the man, who was (with) his wife mingled, that he should (with) water wash and bathed be,...
Because the law directed the old people of God that a man who had slept with his wife should wash with water and be bathed