siððan hīe sunnan lēoht gesēon ne meahton
650 oððe nīpende niht ofer ealle,
scadu-helma gesceapu scrīðan [cwōman],[5]
wan under wolcnum. Werod eall ārās;
grētte þā giddum guma ōðerne
Hrōðgār Bēowulf, ǫnd him hǣl ābēad,
655 wīn-ærnes geweald, ǫnd þæt word ācwæð:
“Nǣfre ic ǣnegum[6] męn ǣr ālȳfde,
siððan ic hǫnd ǫnd rǫnd hębban mihte,