só is him alýve | þat úvele ywýueþ.
For hé schal uppen éorþe | dréori i-wúrþe.
Mónymon síngeþ | þat wíf hom brýngeþ
Wíste he hwat he bróuhte | wépen he mýhte. 265–6
The metre of Layamon’s Brut may be illustrated by the following passage (ll. 13841–13882):
Þa ánswerede þe óðer | þat was þe áldeste bróðer
’Lust me nú, lauerd kíng | and ích þe wullen cúðen
what cníhtes we béoð, | and whanene we icúmen séoð.
Ich hátte Héngest, | Hórs is mi bróðer;
we beoð of Álemáinne, | áðelest alre lónde; 13849–50