fērdon. Eft hē ūt ēode ymbe þā siextan and nigoþan

tīd, and dyde þǣm swā ġe·līce. Þā ymbe þā ęndlyftan

tīd hē ūt ēode, and funde ōþre standende, and þā sæġde hē:

'Hwȳ stande ġē hēr ealne daeġ īdle?' Þā cwǣdon hīe:

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'For þǣm þe ūs nān mann ne hȳrde.' Þā cwæþ hē: 'And

gā ġē on mīnne wīnġeard.'

Sōþlīce þā hit wæs ǣfen ġe·worden, þā sæġde se wīnġeardes

hlāford his ġe·rēfan: 'Clipa þā wyrhtan, and ā·ġief him

hiera mēde; on·ġinn fram þǣm ȳt·emestan oþ þone fyrmestan.'