"micle mearc-stapan môras healdan,
"ellor-gæstas: þæra ôðer wäs,
"þäs þe hie gewislîcost gewitan meahton,
"idese onlîcnes, ôðer earm-sceapen
"on weres wästmum wräc-lâstas träd,
"näfne he wäs mâra þonne ænig man ôðer,
"þone on geâr-dagum Grendel nemdon
"fold-bûende: nô hie fäder cunnon,