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14. Sum mann fērde on elþēodignesse, and clypode hys þēowas, and betǣhte hym hys ǣhta.

15. And ānum hē sealde fīf pund, sumum twā, sumum ān; ǣghwylcum be hys āgenum mægene; and fērde sōna.

16. Đā fērde sē þe ðā fīf pund underfēng, and gestrȳnde ōþre fīfe.

17. And eal swā sē ðe þā twā underfēng gestrȳnde ōðre twā.

18. Witodlīce sē þe þæt ān underfēng fērde and bedēalf hyt on eorðan, and behȳdde hys hlāfurdes feoh.

19. Witodlīce æfter miclum fyrste cōm þǣra þēowa hlāfurd, and dyhte hym gerād.

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.

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.