Sēo Nīƿe Gecȳþnes, hƿīltīdum hātte Crēacisc geƿritu, is nama þæs ōþran dǣles þǣre Crīstenan biblioþēcan. Þis dǣl ȝeƿrāt man æfter Iesus Crīstes dēaðe. Nama is of Lǣdne cƿide Novum Testamentum cumen, þe āreceþ in þǣm Crēacisce Η Καινή Διαθήκη, Hê Kainê Diathêkê, tācniende "Sēo Nīƿe Ƿǣre" oþþe "Geƿitnes". Hēo ƿæs fyrste ȝebrocen fram frumcrīstnum tō scrīfenne hira ȝemǣnnessa mid Gode (seoh 2 Corinþƿaran 3:6-15; Ebrēas 9:15-20) and tō āmearcienne sume ȝaderunge 27 bōca.
