ôð þät him æghwylc þâra ymb-sittendra

ofer hron-râde hýran scolde,

gomban gyldan: þät wäs gôd cyning!

þäm eafera wäs äfter cenned

geong in geardum, þone god sende

folce tô frôfre; fyren-þearfe ongeat,

þät hie ær drugon aldor-leáse

lange hwîle. Him þäs lîf-freá,

wuldres wealdend, worold-âre forgeaf;

Beówulf wäs breme (blæd wîde sprang),