in eorðscræfe eorl gehȳdde:
85 ȳþde swā þisne eardgeard ælda Scyppend,
oþ þæt burgwara breahtma lēase
eald ęnta geweorc īdlu stōdon.
Sē þonne þisne wealsteal wīse geþōhte,
and þis deorce līf dēope geondþęnceð,
90 frōd in ferðe[12] feor oft gemǫn
wælsleahta worn, and þās word ācwið:
‘Hwǣr cwōm mearg? hwǣr cwōm mago[13]? hwǣr cwōm māþþumgyfa?
hwǣr [cwōm symbla gesetu]? hwǣr sindon sęledrēamas?