hord and hleó-burh, häleða rîce,

êðel Scyldinga. He þær eallum wearð,

mæg Higelâces manna cynne,

freóndum gefägra; hine fyren onwôd.

Hwîlum flîtende fealwe stræte

mearum mæton. Þâ wäs morgen-leóht

scofen and scynded. Eode scealc monig

swîð-hicgende tô sele þam heán,

searo-wundor seón, swylce self cyning,

of brýd-bûre beáh-horda weard,