fyrene gefręmede (hē wǣs fāg wið God),
þæt him se līc-hǫma lǣstan nolde,
ac hine se mōdega[6] mǣg Hygelāces
815 hæfde be hǫnda; wæs gehwæþer ōðrum
lifigende lāð. Līc-sār gebād
atol ǣglǣca[7]; him on eaxle wearð
syn-dolh sweotol; seonowe onsprungon;
burston bān-locan. Bēowulfe wearð
820 gūð-hrēð gyfeðe. Scolde Gręndel þǫnan