rēþe rēn-weardas. Ręced hlynsode;
þā wæs wundor micel, þæt se wīn-sęle
wiðhæfde heaþo-dēorum, þæt hē on hrūsan ne fēol,
fǣger fold-bold; ac hē þæs fæste wæs
775 innan ǫnd ūtan īren-bęndum
searo-þǫncum besmiðod. Þǣr fram sylle ābēag
medu-bęnc mǫnig, mīne gefrǣge,
golde geregnad, þǣr þā graman wunnon;
þæs ne wēndon ǣr witan Scyldinga,