ġe·mētan þæt hēafod. Wæs ēac miċel wundor þæt ān wulf
wearþ ā·sęnd, þurh Godes wissunge, tō be·węrienne þæt
hēafod wiþ þā ōþru dēor ofer dæġ and niht. Hīe ēodon þā
sēċende and simle clipiende, swā swā hit ġe·wunelic is þǣm
þe on wuda gāþ oft, 'hwǣr eart þū nū, ġe·fēra?' And him
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andwyrde þæt hēafod, 'hēr, hēr, hēr;' and swā ġe·lōme
clipode andswariende him eallum, swā oft swā hiera ǣniġ
clipode, oþ þæt hīe ealle be·cōmon þurh þā clipunge him tō.
Þā læġ se grǣga wulf þe be·wiste þæt hēafod, and mid his