"feónd on fêðe. Hwäðere he his folme forlêt

"tô lîf-wraðe lâst weardian,

"earm and eaxle; nô þær ænige swâ þeáh

"feá-sceaft guma frôfre gebohte:

"nô þý leng leofað lâð-geteóna

"synnum geswenced, ac hyne sâr hafað

"in nýd-gripe nearwe befongen,

"balwon bendum: þær âbîdan sceal

"maga mâne fâh miclan dômes,

"hû him scîr metod scrîfan wille."