Hraðe wäs tô bûre Beówulf fetod,

sigor-eádig secg. Samod ær-däge

eode eorla sum, äðele cempa

self mid gesîðum, þær se snottra bâd,

hwäðre him al-walda æfre wille

äfter weá-spelle wyrpe gefremman.

Gang þâ äfter flôre fyrd-wyrðe man

mid his hand-scale (heal-wudu dynede)

þät he þone wîsan wordum hnægde

freán Ingwina; frägn gif him wære