2. And mycle mænigeo wǣron gesamnode tō hym, swā þæt hē ēode on scyp, and þǣr sæt; and eall sēo mænigeo stōd on þām waroþe.[1]
3. And hē spræc tō hym fela on bigspellum, cweþende, Sōþlīce ūt ēode sē sǣdere hys sǣd tō sāwenne.[2]
4. And þā þā hē sēow, sume hig fēollon wiþ weg; and fuglas cōmun, and ǣton þā.[3]
5. Sōþlīce sume fēollon on stǣnihte, þǣr hyt næfde mycle eorþan; and hrædlīce ūp sprungon, for þām þe hig næfdon þǣre eorþan dȳpan.[4]
6. Sōþlīce ūp sprungenre sunnan, hig ādrūwudon; and forscruncon, for þām þe hig næfdon wyrtrum.[5]
7. Sōþlīce sume fēollon on þornas; and þā þornas wēoxon, and forþrysmudon þā.[6]
8. Sume sōþlīce fēollon on gōde eorþan, and sealdon wæstm, sum hundfealdne, sum sixtigfealdne, sum þrīttigfealdne.[7]
9. Sē þe hæbbe ēaran tō gehȳrenne, gehȳre.[8]
10. And þā genēalǣhton his leorningcnihtas, and
- ↑ A, mycele; A, mænio (twice); A, gesomnode.
- ↑ Corp., him to (marked for transposition); A, fæla; A, sawere (for sædere).
- ↑ B, feollun; A, fugelas comon.
- ↑ B, feollun; A, mycele.
- ↑ A, adruwedon, B, adruwodun; A, wyrtruman.
- ↑ B, feollun; A, forþrysmodon, B, forþrysmodun.
- ↑ B, feollun; A, godre; Corp., weastm, A, B, wæstm; Corp., sum (above the line; last two times); A, þrytig-.
- ↑ Corp., earan hæbbe (marked for transposition); A, gehyranne.
