freóndum âfylled; nalles fâcen-stafas
Þeód-Scyldingas þenden fremedon.
Forgeaf þâ Beówulfe bearn Healfdenes
segen gyldenne sigores tô leáne,
hroden hilte-cumbor, helm and byrnan;
mære mâððum-sweord manige gesâwon
beforan beorn beran. Beówulf geþah
ful on flette; nô he þære feoh-gyfte