lēodum lēofne; hē on lust geþeah
620 symbel ǫnd sęle-ful, sige-rōf kyning.
Ymb-ēode þā ides Helminga
duguðe ǫnd geogoðe dǣl ǣghwylcne,
sinc-fato [sealde], oð þæt sǣl ālamp
þæt hīo[1] Bēowulfe, bēag-hroden cwēn,
625 mōde geþungen, medo[2]-ful ætbær;
grētte Gēata lēod, Gode þancode
wīs-fæst wordum, þæs þe hire se willa gelamp,