Hlúde wǽon hí lá hlúde, ðá hý

ofer ðone hlǽw ridon;

wǽron anmóde, ðá hý

ofer land ridon.

“Loud, lo! loud were they, as they rode over the hill: bold were they, as they rode over the land.”

Stód under linde

under leóhtum scylde

ðǽr ða mihtigan wíf

hyra mægen berǽddon,

and hý gyllende