Ǣt is andtimber þe [[dēor]] and [[mann|menn]] þurfon tō libbenne; ǣt is ēac geeten oþþe gedruncen tō wynneƿynne. Ǣt is of elum, wætereƿætere, fætnesse, lynde, grundfēdendum, ēac swēttimbrumsƿēttimbrum (ac nis ǣt ānunga of him eallum). Ǣt is oft of dēorum, dēora gestrēonum, oþþe wyrtumƿyrtum geworhtgeƿorht. Þēah þe manige menn sōhton ǣt be [[huntoþ]]e and gæderunge, nū is se mǣsta dǣl ǣtes of landbūinge, dēora healdunge, and fiscunge; þæs nis huntoþ and fōdan gæderung nū swāsƿā hefig mannum swāsƿā ǣr.
Manige līfes þēawasþēaƿas habbaþ tōmearcoda [[fōdan þēaw|fōdan þēaƿ]], ac fōdan þēawasþēaƿas sind nū gemencged on manigum landum.
