Þone hring häfde Higelâc Geáta,

nefa Swertinges, nýhstan sîðe,

siððan he under segne sinc ealgode,

wäl-reáf werede; hyne Wyrd fornam,

syððan he for wlenco weán âhsode,

fæhðe tô Frysum; he þâ frätwe wäg,

eorclan-stânas ofer ýða ful,

rîce þeóden, he under rande gecranc;

gehwearf þâ in Francna fäðm feorh cyninges,

breóst-gewædu and se beáh somod: