ac wäs ôðer in ær geteohhod

äfter mâððum-gife mærum Geáte.

Hreám wearð on Heorote. Heó under heolfre genam

cûðe folme; cearu wäs geniwod

geworden in wîcum: ne wäs þät gewrixle til,

þät hie on bâ healfa bicgan scoldon

freónda feorum. Þâ wäs frôd cyning,

hâr hilde-rinc, on hreón môde,

syððan he aldor-þegn unlyfigendne,

þone deórestan deádne wisse.