Geáta gongan; gum-dryhten mid

môdig on gemonge meodo-wongas träd.

Þâ com in gân ealdor þegna,

dæd-cêne mon dôme gewurðad,

häle hilde-deór. Hrôðgâr grêtan:

Þâ wäs be feaxe on flet boren

Grendles heáfod, þær guman druncon,

egeslîc for eorlum and þære idese mid:

wlite-seón wrätlîc weras onsâwon.