mago-driht micel. Him on môd bearn,

þät heal-reced hâtan wolde,

medo-ärn micel men gewyrcean,

þone yldo bearn æfre gefrunon,

and þær on innan eall gedælan

geongum and ealdum, swylc him god sealde,

bûton folc-scare and feorum gumena.

Þâ ic wîde gefrägn weorc gebannan

manigre mægðe geond þisne middan-geard,

folc-stede frätwan. Him on fyrste gelomp