Lencte is fēowertig daga tīd in þǣre Cirice gerīmbēc. He beginneþ æt Æsc Wodensdæge and endþ æt Ēaster-ǣfen.
Lencten ofþencþ þā dagas hwǣrin ābād Iesus in þǣm weste in bedrædenne beforan his hēahþegnunge.
In missenlicum ciricum, to bysene þǣre Rēmiscum and Ēasternum ciricum, sceal man Lenctenfæsten folgian. In þǣm cirice and in þǣre Angelcirice is lenctentīd for gehygd, gebede and behréowsunge ǣrre Ēasterdæge.