WestSaxon990(i)
2 & mycle mænigeo wæron gesamnode to hym. swa þt he eode on scyp & þær sæt. and eall seo mænigeo stod on þam waroþe.
3 & he spræc to hym fela on big-spellum cweþende; Soþlice ut-eode se sædere hys sæd to sawenne
4 & þa þa he seow. sume hig feollon wiþ weg. & fuglas comun & æton þä;
5 Soþlice sume feollon on stænihte þær hyt næfde mycle eorþan. & hrædlice up-sprungon for-þam þe hig næfdon þære eorþan dypan;
6 Soþlice upsprungenre sunnan hig adruwudon & forscruncon. for þam þe hig næfdon wyrtrum;
7 Soþlice sume feollon on þornas. & þa þornas weoxon & for-þrysmudon þa.
8 sume soþlice feollon on gode eorþan & sealdon weastm. sum hund-fealdne. sum sixtig-fealdne. sum þrittig-fealdne;
9 Se þe hæbbe earan to gehyrenne gehyre.