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;