flēotendra ferð[5] nō þǣr fela bringeð
55 cūðra [cwidegiedda]; cearo[6] bið genīwad
þām þe sęndan sceal swīþe geneahhe
ofer waþema gebind wērigne sefan.
For þon ic geþęncan ne mæg geond þās woruld
for hwan mōdsefa mīn ne gesweorce,
60 þonne ic eorla līf eal geondþęnce,
hū hī fǣrlīce flęt ofgēafon,
mōdge maguþegnas. Swā þēs middangeard
ealra dōgra gehwām drēoseð and fealleþ;