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33. Gehȳrað nū ōþer bigspel: Sum hīredes ealdor wæs sē plantode wingeard, and betȳnde hyne, and sette þǣr on wīnwringan, and getimbrode ānne stȳpel, and gesette þone mid eorþtylion; and fērde on elþēodignysse.

34. Þā ðāra wæstma tīd genēalǣhte, þā sende hē hys þēowas tō þām eorðtylion þæt hig onfēngon his wæstmas.

35. Đā nāmon hig hys þēowas, and swungon sumne, sumne hig ofslōgun, sumne hig oftorfodun.

36. Đā sende hē eft ōðre þēowas sēlran þonne þā ǣrran wǣron; ðā dydon hig þām gelīce.

37. Æt nēhstan hē sende hys sunu him tō, and cwæð, Hig forwandiað þæt hig ne dōn mīnum suna swā.

38. Witodlīce þā ðā tylian þone sunu gesāwun, þā cwǣdon hig betwyx him, Đēs ys yrfenuma; uton gān and ofslēan hyne, and habban ūs hys ǣhta.

39. Đā nāmon hig and ofslōgon hyne, and āwurpon wiðūtan þone wīngeard.