fêðe-cempa, þät he on fylle wearð.

Ofsät þâ þone sele-gyst and hyre seaxe geteáh,

brâd and brûn-ecg wolde hire bearn wrecan,

ângan eaferan. Him on eaxle läg

breóst-net broden; þät gebearh feore,

wið ord and wið ecge ingang forstôd.

Häfde þâ forsîðod sunu Ecgþeówes

under gynne grund, Geáta cempa,

nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe gefremede,

here-net hearde, and hâlig god