ǫnd him fæste wiðfēng; fingras burston;
eoten wæs ūt-weard; eorl furþur stōp.
Mynte se mǣra, hwǣr hē meahte swā,
wīdre gewindan ǫnd on weg þanon
765 flēon on fęn-hopu; wiste his fingra geweald
on grames grāpum. Þæt wæs gēocor sīð,
þæt se hearm-scaþa tō Heorute[2] ātēah.
[Dryht-sęle dynede]; Dęnum eallum wearð
ceaster-būendum, [cēnra gehwylcum],
770 eorlum ealu-scerwen. Yrre wǣron bēgen