XX. 1-16.

Heofona rīċe is ġe·līc þǣm hīredes ealdre, þe on ǣrnemerġen

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ūt ēode ā·hȳran wyrhtan on his wīn-ġeard. Ġe·wordenre

ġe·cwid-rǣdenne þǣm wyrhtum, hē sealde ǣlcum ānne

þęning wiþ his dæġes weorce, and ā·sęnde hīe on his wīnġeard.

And þā hē ūt ēode ymbe undern-tīd, hē ġe·seah

oþre on strǣte īdle standan. Þā cwæþ hē: 'Gā ġē on

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mīnne wīnġeard, and ic sęlle ēow þæt riht biþ.' And hīe þā