WestSaxon990(i)
1 Ða ongan he him big-spell reccan. sum mann him plantode wingeard & be-tynde hine. & dealf anne seað & getimbrode ænne stypel & gesette hine mid eorð-tilium. & ferde on elþeodignysse;
2 Þa sende he to þam tiligum his þeow on tide þt he þæs wïngeardes wæstm onfenge;
3 Ða swungon hi þæne. & forleton hine idel-hende;
4 And eft he him sende oðerne þeow. & hi þone on heafde gewundodon & mid teonum geswencton;
5 And eft he him sumne sende & hi þæne of-slogon. & manega oþre. sume hi beoton. sume hi of-slogon;
6 Þa hæfde he þa gyt ænne leofostne sunu. þa sende he æt nehstan him þæne & cwæð; Witodlice minne sunu hig for-wandiað;
7 Ða cwædon þa tilian him be-tweonan; Her is se yrfe-numa. uton ofslean hine. þonne bið ure seo yrfeweardnes;
8 Hi þa ofslogon hine. & wurpon wið-utan þone wïn-geard;
9 Hwæt deð þæs wïngeardes hlaford. he cymð & fordeð þa tiligean. & sylð oþron þone wïngeard;
10 Ne rædde ge þis gewrit. Se stän þe þa wyrhtan awurpon þes ys geworden on þære hyrnan heafod.
11 þis ys fram drihtne geworden & hit is wundorlic on uron eagum;
12 Þa smeadon hi þt hi gefengon hine & hi ondredon þa menigu. hi on-cneowon þa þt he þis bigspell to him sæde hi ferdon þa & hine forleton;