wine-dryhten his wætere gelafede,
hilde-sædne, ǫnd his helm onspēon.
[2725] Bīowulf[3] maðelode; [hē ofer bęnne spræc],
wunde wæl-blēate; wisse hē gearwe,
þæt hē dæg-hwīla gedrogen hæfde
eorðan wynne; þā wæs eall sceacen
dōgor-gerīmes, dēað ungemete nēah:
2730 “Nū ic suna mīnum syllan wolde
gūð-gewǣdu, [þǣr mē] gifeðe swā
ǣnig yrfe-weard æfter wurde