morðor-bealo[5] māga, þonne mīn sceaceð
līf of līce. Nū ðū lungre [geong][6]
2745 [hord scēawian] under hārne stān,
Wīglāf lēofa, nū se wyrm ligeð,
swefeð sāre wund, since berēafod.
Bīo[7] nū on ofoste, þæt ic ǣr-welan,
gold-ǣht ongite, gearo scēawige
2750 swegle searo-gimmas, þæt ic ðȳ sēft mæge
æfter māððum-welan [mīn ālǣtan]
[līf] ǫnd lēod-scipe, þone ic lǫnge hēold.”