ǫnd on healfa gehwone hēawan þōhton,

sāwle sēcan: þone syn-scaðan

ǣnig ofer eorðan īrenna cyst,

gūþ-billa nān, grētan nolde;

805 ac hē sige-wǣpnum forsworen hæfde,

ęcga gehwylcre. Scolde his aldor[4]-gedāl

on ðǣm dæge þysses līfes

earmlīc wurðan[5] ǫnd se ęllor-gāst

on fēonda geweald feor sīðian.

810 Þā þæt onfunde, sē þe fela ǣror