Heofona rīċe is ġe·līc þǣm cyninge þe macode his suna
ġiefta, and sęnde his þēowas, and clipode þā ġe·laþodan tō
þǣm ġieftum. Þā noldon hīe cuman. Þā sęnde hē eft ōþre
þēowas, and sæġde þǣm ġe·laþodum: 'Nū ic ġe·ġearwode
mīne feorme: mīne fearras and mīne fuglas sind of·slæġene,
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and eall mīn þing sind ġearu; cumaþ tō þǣm ġieftum.' Þā
for·gīemdon hīe þæt, and fērdon, sum tō his tūne, sum tō
his mangunge. And þā ōþre nāmon his þēowas, and mid
tēonan ġe·swęnċton, and of·slōgon. Þā se cyning þæt ġe·hierde,