on þǣm dæge þysses līfes.

Nolde eorla hlēo ǣnige þinga

þone cwealm-cuman cwicne forlǣtan,

nē his līf-dagas lēoda ǣnigum

[795] nytte tealde. [Þǣr] genehost brǣgd

eorl Bēowulfes ealde [lāfe],

wolde frēa-drihtnes feorh ealgian,

mǣres þēodnes, ðǣr hīe meahton swā.

[Hīe ðæt ne wiston, þā hīe gewin drugon],

800 heard-hicgende hilde-męcgas,