ān pund under·fēng, and cwæþ: 'Hlāford, ic wāt þæt

þū eart heard mann: þū rīpst þǣr þū ne sēowe, and

gaderast þǣr þū ne spręnġdest. And ic fērde of·drǣdd,

and be·hȳdde þīn pund on eorþan; hēr þū hæfst þæt þīn

is.' Þā andswarode his hlāford him, and cwæþ: 'þū yfla

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þēow and slāwa, þū wistest þæt ic rīpe þǣr ic ne sēowe,

and ic gadriġe þǣr ic ne strēdde: hit ġe·byrede þæt þū

be·fæste mīn feoh myneterum, and ic nāme, þonne ic cōme,

þæt mīn is, mid þǣm gafole. Ā·nimaþ þæt pund æt him, and