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Sū Laug is þæt nama þe men secgað be þǣre ēaldan bæþstede, þe fela ferðmanna ond sceopendra mid wundre gemyndgian.

Seo hwīte stānweorc mid stille wætere bið æt fruman swylce ānfeald bæþ. Ac hire andwlita eft ond eft ætēowde on gewritum, spellum, plegum, ond gelīcnessum, oð þæt menn cwǣdon:

"Þæt is Sū Laug."

Swa wearð hire agen nama forleten, ond ealle ongunnon hīe nemnan Sū Laug, þæt is "seo bæþ þe ealle cunnon." For þǣm naman ānum mihte man þæt ilce stōw on gemynde habban.

Hit is gesæd on ealdum spellum þæt þes bæþstede lið betwux sōðe worulde ond swefnum. Hē mæg beon cyninges heall, hēah tempel, oððe smylte wætergeard, swā swā se gǣst þæs ferðmannes hit geseoð.

Forþām þe fela sceopend ond spellere hēr heora weorc geworhton, wearð Sū Laug nā tō ānum bæþe ān, ac tō tācne þæs sylfan weorces ond gesceaftes.