in gēardagum giefstōles brēac;
45 ðonne onwæcneð eft winelēas guma,
gesihð him biforan fealwe wǣgas,
baþian brimfuglas, brǣdan feþra,
hrēosan hrīm and snāw hagle gemęnged.
Þonne bēoð þȳ hęfigran heortan bęnne,
50 sāre æfter swǣsne; sorg bið genīwad;
þonne māga gemynd mōd geondhweorfeð,
grēteð glīwstafum, georne geondscēawað.
[Sęcga] geseldan swimmað eft on weg;