"eoferas cnysedan; swylc scolde eorl wesan
"äðeling ær-gôd, swylc Äsc-here wäs.
"Wearð him on Heorote tô hand-banan
"wäl-gæst wäfre; ic ne wât hwäder
"atol æse wlanc eft-sîðas teáh,
"fylle gefrægnod. Heó þâ fæhðe wräc,
"þe þu gystran niht Grendel cwealdest
"þurh hæstne hâd heardum clammum,