ac hē gefēng hraðe forman sīðe
slǣpendne rinc, slāt unwearnum,
bāt bān-locan, blōd ēdrum dranc,
syn-snǣdum swealh; sōna hæfde
745 unlyfigendes eal gefeormod
fēt ǫnd folma. Forð nēar [ætstōp],
nam þā mid handa hige-þihtigne
rinc on ræste; rǣhte ongēan
fēond mid folme; hē onfēng hraþe
[750] inwit-þancum ǫnd wið earm gesæt.