þe him se eorð-draca ǣr geworhte,
swēlan ǫnd swellan. Hē þǣt sōna onfand,
2715 þǣt him on brēostum bealo-nīð wēoll
āttor on innan. Þā [se æðeling] gīong,[2]
þæt hē bī wealle, wīs-hycgende,
gesæt on sesse; seah on [ęnta geweorc],
hū þā stān-bogan stapulum fæste
[2720] ēce eorð-ręced innan [healde].
Hyne þā mid handa heoro-drēorigne,
þēoden mǣrne, [þegn ungemete till],