14. Sum mann fērde on elþēodignesse, and clypode hys þēowas, and betǣhte hym hys ǣhta.[1]
15. And ānum hē sealde fīf pund, sumum twā, sumum ān; ǣghwylcum be hys āgenum mægene; and fērde sōna.[2]
16. Đā fērde sē þe ðā fīf pund underfēng, and gestrȳnde ōþre fīfe.[3]
17. And eal swā sē ðe þā twā underfēng gestrȳnde ōðre twā.[4]
18. Witodlīce sē þe þæt ān underfēng fērde and bedēalf hyt on eorðan, and behȳdde hys hlāfurdes feoh.[5]
19. Witodlīce æfter miclum fyrste cōm þǣra þēowa hlāfurd, and dyhte hym gerād.[6]
20. Đā cōm sē þe ðā fīf pund underfēng, and brōhte ōþre fīfe, and cwæð, Hlāfurd, fīf pund þū sealdest mē; nū ic gestrȳnde ōðre fīfe.[7]
21. Đā cwæþ hys hlāford tō hym, Bēo blīþe, þū gōda þēow and getrȳwa; for þām ðe þū wǣre getrȳwe ofer lȳtle þing, ic gesette þē ofer mycle; gā intō þīnes hlāfordes blisse.[8]
- ↑ A, B, man; Corp., B, elþeodinysse, A, elþeodignysse.
- ↑ B, anun; B, sumun (twice); B, æghwylcun; B, agenun.
- ↑ B, underfenc; B, oþere.
- ↑ A, eall; B, underfenc; B, oðere.
- ↑ B, Witudlice; B, underfenc; Corp., bedelf, A, bedealf, B, bedielf; A, hlafordes.
- ↑ B, Witudlice; A, mycelum, B, myclun; A, hlaford.
- ↑ B, underfenc; B, oþere (twice); A, hlaford; A, and nu.
- ↑ B, hlafurd; A, getreowa; B, ofor; B, þinc; B, ofyr; A, mycele.
