Muinais-englantia, myöhäiseltä 1300-luvulta: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
"Sithen the sege and the assaut watz sesed at Troye, The borg brittened and
brent to brondez and askez
("Since the siege and the assasult was ceased at Troy, The city destroyed and
burnt to brands and ashes")
Old English (vanhaa englantia): "Faeder ure, thu the earth on heofenum, si
thin nama gehalgod. To-becume thin rice. Geweorthe thin willa on eorthan, swa
swa on heofenum. Urne daeghwamlican hlaf syle us to-daeg. And forgyf us ure
gyltas, swa swa we forgifath urum gyltendum. And ne gelaede thu us on
costnunge, ac alys us of yfle: Sothlice." Ilmaisu "swa" ja "swa swa" ovat
arjalaisia piirteitä muinais-germaanisissa (kuten vanha englanti)
kielimuodoissa.