[on þisse meodu][2][-healle mīnne] gebīdan.”
640 Þām wīfe þā word wel līcodon,
gilp-cwide Gēates; [ēode] gold-hroden
frēolicu folc-cwēn tō hire frēan [sittan].
Þā wæs eft swā ǣr inne on healle
þrȳð-word sprecen,[3] þēod on sǣlum,
645 sige-folca swēg, oþ þæt sęmninga
sunu Healfdęnes sēcean wolde
ǣfen-ræste; [wiste] þǣm āhlǣcan[4]
tō þǣm hēah-sęle hilde geþinged,