5 wadan wræclǣstas: wyrd bið ful ārǣd!
Swā cwæð eardstapa earfeþa[2] gemyndig,
wrāþra wælsleahta, winemǣga [hryres]:
Plaint of the Wanderer.
“Oft ic sceolde āna [ūhtna gehwylce]
mīne ceare cwīþan; nis nū cwicra nān,
[10] [þe ic him] mōdsefan mīnne durre
sweotule[3] āsęcgan. Ic tō sōþe wāt
þæt biþ in eorle indryhten þēaw,
þæt hē his ferðlocan fæste binde,