äfter deófla hryre Denigea freán,

wundor-smiða geweorc, and þâ þâs worold ofgeaf

grom-heort guma, godes andsaca,

morðres scyldig, and his môdor eác;

on geweald gehwearf worold-cyninga

þäm sêlestan be sæm tweónum

þâra þe on Sceden-igge sceattas dælde.

Hrôðgâr maðelode, hylt sceáwode,

ealde lâfe, on þäm wäs ôr writen

fyrn-gewinnes: syððan flôd ofslôh,