An eorþgræfere (Niwenglisc: gopher) is ā gnāwungbēaga sēo stent innorð and on middangearde. Hīe sind gewunelicor gecweden for þām feolan trinunge and heora mǣgen to fordōn fearmsestum and ȝeardum, þæt is ǣlendisc Norðamerica. Mǣst eorþgræferas ƿegan ymbe ān-hālfe pund, and sind ymbe siex tō eahta in bodigleaþe, mid ā tǣl sīe ƿeorð. Binnan ǣlcere ǣte, sē mǣn is lāc and bīþ nēah twiwa his gewihtes ǣghwilcere ƿīf.