19 [dyde, þæt hē forlēt] þæt hūs þæs gebēorscipes, ǫnd ūt wæs
[1] gǫngende tō nēata scipene, [þāra heord him wæs þǣre]
2 [nihte beboden]; þā hē ðā þǣr on gelimplīcre tīde his
3 leomu[5] on ręste gesętte ǫnd onslēpte, þa stōd him sum
4 mǫn æt þurh swefn, ǫnd hine hālette ǫnd grētte, ǫnd hine
5 be his nǫman nęmnde: “Cædmǫn, sing mē hwæthwugu.”
6 Þā ǫndswarede hē, ǫnd cwæð: “Ne cǫn ic nōht singan;
7 ǫnd ic for þon of þyssum gebēorscipe ūt ēode ǫnd hider
8 gewāt, for þon ic nāht singan ne cūðe.” Eft hē cwæð sē ðe
9 wið hine sprecende wæs: “Hwæðre þū meaht mē singan.”