beorhtne æfter bǣle æt brimes nosan;

[2805] sē scel[2] tō gemyndum mīnum lēodum

[hēah hlīfian] on Hrǫnes næsse,

þæt [hit] sǣ-līðend syððan hātan[3]

Bīowulfes[1] biorh[1] þā þe brentingas

ofer flōda genipu feorran drīfað.”

[2810] Dyde [him] of healse hring gyldenne

[þīoden][1] þrīst-hȳdig; þegne gesealde,

geongum gār-wigan, gold-fāhne helm,

bēah ǫnd byrnan, hēt hyne brūcan well.