geâfon on gâr-secg: him wäs geômor sefa,

murnende môd. Men ne cunnon

secgan tô soðe sele-rædende,

häleð under heofenum, hwâ þäm hläste onfêng.

II. THE HALL HEOROT.

Þâ wäs on burgum Beówulf Scyldinga,

leóf leód-cyning, longe þrage

folcum gefræge (fäder ellor hwearf,

aldor of earde), ôð þät him eft onwôc