7 swētnisse ǫnd inbryrdnisse geglęngde, ǫnd in Ęngliscgereorde
8 wel geworht forþ brōhte. Ǫnd for his lēoþsǫngum
1 mǫnigra mǫnna mōd oft to worulde forhogdnisse ǫnd tō
[2] geþēodnisse þæs heofonlīcan līfes onbærnde wǣron. Ǫnd
[3] ēac swelce[2] mǫnige ōðre æfter him in Ǫngelþēode ongunnon
[4] ǣfęste lēoð wyrcan, [ac nǣnig hwæðre him þæt gelīce]
5 [dōn ne meahte]; for þon hē nālæs frǫm mǫnnum nē ðurh
6 mǫn gelǣred wæs þæt hē ðone lēoðcræft leornade, ac hē
7 wæs godcundlīce gefultumod, ǫnd þurh Godes gife þone
8 sǫngcræft onfēng; ǫnd hē for ðon nǣfre nōht lēasunge,