Ēalā beorht bune! ēalā byrnwiga!

95 ēalā þēodnes þrym! hū sēo þrāg gewāt,

genāp under nihthelm, swā hēo nō wǣre!

Stǫndeð nū on lāste lēofre duguþe

weal wundrum hēah, wyrmlīcum fāh:

eorlas fornōmon asca þrȳþe,

100 wǣpen wælgīfru, wyrd sēo mǣre;

and þās stānhleoþu[14] stormas cnyssað;

hrīð hrēosende hrūsan bindeð,

wintres wōma, þonne wǫn cymeð,