10 Þā cwæð hē: “Hwæt sceal ic singan?” Cwæð hē: “Sing
11 mē frumsceaft.” Þā hē ðā þās andsware onfēng, þā
12 ongǫn hē sōna singan, in hęrenesse Godes Scyppendes,
[13] þā fers ǫnd þā word þe hē nǣfre ne gehȳrde, [þāra ęndebyrdnes]
14 [þis is]:
[15] Nū sculon hęrigean[6] heofonrīces Weard,
16 Metodes meahte ǫnd his mōdgeþanc,
[17] weorc Wuldorfæder, swā hē [wundra gehwæs],
18 ēce Drihten ōr onstealde.
1 Hē ǣrest scēop eorðan bearnum