feorh-sēoc flēon under fęn-hleoðu,[8]
sēcean wyn-lēas wīc; wiste þē geornor,
þæt his aldres[9] wæs ęnde gegǫngen,
dōgera dæg-rīm. Dęnum eallum wearð
825 æfter þām wæl-rǣse willa gelumpen.
Hæfde þā gefǣlsod, sē þe ǣr feorran cōm,
snotor ǫnd swȳð-ferhð, sęle Hrōðgāres,
genęred wið nīðe. Niht-weorce gefeh,
ęllen-mǣrþum; hæfde Ēast-Dęnum
830 Gēat-męcga lēod gilp gelǣsted;