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.